Question: do you think that the skin suits going into Andrew Winnard specialty of a physiotherapist

Julia Attias answered on 7 Dec 2015:

Hi @844nch28,

That is a good question. The Skinsuit research that I do has lots of different aspects. I am a physiologist, so I am mainly interested with how the suit is changing different functions in our body when we exercise and move. Having said that, there is a lot of overlap between physiologists and physiotherapists. Andrew is more interested in how the astronauts will rehabilitate (get better after a mission) whereas I am more interested in making sure that the skinsuit wont hurt the astronauts and their bodies whilst they train in it. Andrew and I have spoken about combining Skinsuit with FRED into a research study at some point in the future so keep your eyes peeled!