An analysis of leg joint synergy during bipedal walking in Japanese macaques

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 8183-8186

  Kaichida, Shoko ^a   Hashizume, Yoshimitsu ^a   Ogihara, Naomichi ^b   Nishii, Jun ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION; BIPEDAL WALKING; CONTROL STRATEGIES; HUMAN WALKING; STANCE PHASE;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HIP; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOINT; LEG; MACACA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TOE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOINTS; LEG; MACACA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; TOES; WALKING;

EID: 84861658837     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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