A method for the reconstruction of ground reaction force-time characteristics during gait from force platform recordings of simultaneous foot falls

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 547-551

  Begg, Rezaul K ^a   Rahman, Syed M ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Force platform; Gait; Ground reaction forces; Reconstruction algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOOT-GROUND REACTION FORCES; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; WALKING;

ALGORITHMS; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034126369     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.828154     Document Type: Article

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