The mathematical description of the body centre of mass 3D path in human and animal locomotion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1471-1477

  Minetti, Alberto E ^a   Cisotti, Caterina ^b   Mian, Omar S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centre of mass; Fourier analysis; Lissajous contour; Locomotion signature

Indexed keywords

3-D TRAJECTORY; ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; AVERAGE VALUES; CENTRE OF MASS; CLOSED LOOPS; DYNAMICAL FEATURES; ENERGY EXCHANGES; ENERGY RECOVERY; FOURIER; LISSAJOUS; LOCOMOTION SIGNATURE; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MECHANICAL DYNAMICS; MONOPODS; MOTION ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC EQUATION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SURGICAL TREATMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; TRAJECTORIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTER OF MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 79955472033     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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