Posts

Project contributions

 The contributions that I contributed: 1.)  I was the 'timekeeper' for my group, I made sure that my group complete said task days before the actual deadline, so I can do some double-checking on the overall work and edit as per needed. 2.) I made our ideas more refined by researching and providing new pointers that could be added to our project. I did this by asking ourselves questions that steer us in the right direction, and also I read up more on the stakeholder we are targeting to have a clearer picture of the situation. 3.) I researched on the possible introduction points that can put into the report. I did this by referring to the past students' sample work and came up with some that is relevant to my topic. From there, I used gAI to further expand on the pointers and from there, I pick out those that I feel is specific to our topic. 4.) I paraphrased our problem statement by properly stating everything that is in our ideal, gap and goal. I also paraphrased our purpos...

Reader Response Draft 3

  Advancements in rehabilitation and athletic training have incorporated innovative technologies to enhance recovery and performance. One significant innovation example is the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill, which features NASA-developed Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology to reduce users' effective body weight, which provides a new approach towards training and rehabilitation (AlterG, n.d.). It is made up of a pressurized air chamber that encases the lower body, which is attached to a treadmill surface, along with an advanced controlling system for adjusting body weight and delivering real-time feedback (NASA, 2009). Users wear specially designed shorts that secures them properly to the chamber. The ability to "reduce gravitational load and body weight in precise 1% increment", ranging from 20% to 100%, creates a lower impact force when running or walking, which minimizes joint stress (AlterG, n.d.; De Heer et al., 2020, as cited in NCBI, n.d.). Having the capabili...

Reader Response Draft 2

  Advancements in rehabilitation and athletic training have incorporated innovative technologies to enhance recovery and performance. One significant innovation example is the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill, which features NASA-developed Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology to reduce users' effective body weight, which provides a new approach towards training and rehabilitation (AlterG, n.d.). It is made up of a pressurized air chamber that encases the lower body, which is attached to a treadmill surface, along with an advanced controlling system for adjusting body weight and delivering real-time feedback (NASA, 2009). Users wear specially designed shorts that secures them properly to the chamber. The ability to "reduce gravitational load and body weight in precise 1% increment", ranging from 20% to 100%, creates a lower impact force when running or walking, which minimizes joint stress (AlterG, n.d.; de Heer et al., 2020, as cited in NCBI, n.d.). Having the capabili...

Reader Response Draft 1

Advancements in rehabilitation and athletic training have incorporated innovative technologies to enhance recovery and performance. One significant innovation example is the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill, which features NASA-developed Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology to reduce users' effective body weight, which provides a new approach towards training and rehabilitation (AlterG, n.d.). It is made up of a pressurized air chamber that encases the lower body, which is attached to a treadmill surface, along with an advanced controlling system for adjusting body weight and delivering real-time feedback (NASA, 2009). Users wear specially designed shorts that secures them properly to the chamber. The ability to "reduce gravitational load and body weight in precise 1% increment", ranging from 20% to 100%, creates a lower impact force when running or walking, which minimizes joint stress (AlterG, n.d.; de Heer et al., 2020, as cited in NCBI, n.d.). Having the capabiliti...

Summary Draft 2 + Thesis

  The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill utilizes NASA-developed Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology to assist in rehabilitation and athletic training by reducing the user’s effective body weight and providing accurate performance analysis (AlterG, n.d.). It comprises a treadmill surface, an inflatable air chamber that encases the lower body, and an advanced control system for adjusting body weight and delivering real-time feedback (NASA, 2009). Its precise body weight reduction capability ranges from 20% to 100%, creating a low-impact running surface that minimizes joint stress (de Heer et al., 2020, as cited in NCBI). The air chamber generates an adjustable pressure environment, enabling users to experience various levels of weightlessness, thus facilitating effective training and rehabilitation (AlterG, n.d.; de Heer et al. , 2020, as cited in NCBI, n.d. ; NASA, 2009 ). Thesis statement : The NASA Differential Air Pressure technology has revolutionized rehabilitation and athle...

Summary Draft 1 + Thesis

The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill utilizes NASA-developed Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology to assist in rehabilitation and athletic training by reducing the user’s effective body weight and providing accurate performance analysis (AlterG, n.d.). It comprises a treadmill surface, an inflatable air chamber that encases the lower body, and an advanced control system for adjusting body weight and delivering real-time feedback (NASA, 2009). Its precise body weight reduction capability ranges from 20% to 100%, creating a low-impact running surface that minimizes joint stress (NCBI, 2020). The air chamber generates an adjustable pressure environment, enabling users to experience various levels of weightlessness, thus facilitating effective training and rehabilitation (AlterG, n.d.; de Heer et al. , 2020, as cited in NCBI, n.d. ; NASA, 2009 ). Thesis statement : The NASA Differential Air Pressure technology has revolutionized rehabilitation and athletic training by reducing users...

Initial Research Pathway

Image
1. For our research, we chose AlterG treadmill as our topic.  2. I looked up AlterG's website,  https://alterg.com/  , which provided statistics information about the treadmill. 3. Through gAI(ChatGPT), we prompted "does AlterG treadmill have any competitor in this market that also uses DAP technology?" to find out more about the competitors and we found out that AlterG treadmill is the only one in the market that uses NASA's Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology. 4. After that we also prompted "tell me about NASA Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology features and functions in AlterG Treadmill", to find out more about the features and functions. 5. Through the results from point 3, we also prompted ChatGPT to "cite the sources". Updated on October 3: 6. I looked through the websites;  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7007317/  , and  https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2009/hm_5.html . These websites allowed me to have an overall ...