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"High technology" refers to the use of advanced, sophisticated, "space age" mathematical and electronic methods and devices for creating tools which can enhance human activities as well as expanding the horizons for future inventions. NASA put a man on the moon, sent exploratory spacecraft to Mars and beyond, and shuttle missions have become nearly routine. Polymer science invented plastics, mechanical science produced the automobile, and aeronautical engineering developed the airplane. Despite all of the knowledge and explosive developments since the rock became a tool, few advances have considered first the most important component in a complicated system, the human body. The usual developmental cycle creates something and humans must adapt to it rather than the reverse.

Computers can provide precise computations rapidly for complex problems that would otherwise require enormous quantities of time, talent, and energy to complete. The strength of these electronic wizards to follow instructions exactly, remember everything, and perform calculations within thousandths of a second has made them indispensable in finance, industry, and government. Application of the computer was a perfect enhancement for the human mind in order to quantify and evaluate movement performances. Used in conjunction with the human mind's ability to deduce, interpret, and judge, the computer provides the necessary enhancement to surpass the limits of what the eye can see or what intuition can surmise.

Technological advances, such as theses, can assist humans at every age and irrespective of age. For good health, it is necessary to follow a training method which incorporates all of the various bodily systems. In other words, the body should be treated as a complex, but whole, entity rather than as isolated parts. While it is not wrong to evaluate one's diet, an assessment of health would be incomplete without consideration of physical training, stress reduction, and other components which constitute the integrated organism of the human body. For a person to be able to jog five miles it is not important only to run but to develop the cardiovascular system in systematic way to achieve a healthy status. Strength exercise, flexibility routines, proper nutrition, and skill are necessary to achieve this goal.

Two sophisticated systems have been developed to analyze human performance and both are appropriate for the assault on aging. These systems include tools to (1) assess movements of the human body and (2) assist in exercising human beings. The first one is the biomechanical system which was developed to analyze movement performance. Currently, biomechanical analyses are routinely performed on a wide range of human motions in homes, work settings, recreation, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers. The second system, which incorporates space age technology, allows diagnoses and training of the musculoskeletal system. Each of these systems will be discussed subsequently in detail. Both of these technologies and the scientific principles and techniques discussed may help achieve physical and mental goals. The technological advances provide tools for quantification of the results and to analyze the potential of a person. With this information and these tools, it should be possible to train the various body system for optimal results at any age.

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AgingAging
AssistTools to assist measurement and training of human fitness and exercise levels
ConclusionConclusion
FeedbackFeedback Control of Exercise
FutureFuture Development
IntroductionIntroduction
MethodsResistive Exercising Methods
OptimizationOptimization of Human Performance for All Ages
OptimumThe Optimum Performance Concept
PrinciplesScientific Principles for Quantifying Motion
ReferencesOptimum References
ResistiveResistive Training
TechnologyHigh-Technology Tools
ToolsTools to assess movement of the human body
TrainingPrinciples for Exercise and Training

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ListList of studies with Ariel products
NASAWhat is a Resistive Exercise Dynamometer? Read on, and learn how Ariel Dynamics participates in and contributes to America's Space Program.
OptimizationOptimization of Human Performance for All Ages
PresentationsPresentations
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