The cost of walking downhill: Is the preferred gait energetically optimal?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1910-1915

  Hunter, L C ^a   Hendrix, E C ^a   Dean, J C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic walking; Energetic cost; Gait; Motor control; Muscle activity

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DYNAMIC WALKING; ENERGETIC COSTS; GAIT PATTERN; GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LEG MUSCLES; MODEL SIMULATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NORMAL WALKING; PERIOD VARIABILITY; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; STEEPER SLOPES; WALKING PATTERN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROPULSION; SLOPE STABILITY;

COST REDUCTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

ADULT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 77954142891     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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