Resonance-based oscillations could describe human gait mechanics under various loading conditions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 319-322

  Lee, Myunghyun ^a   Kim, Seyoung ^b   Park, Sukyung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Gait speed; Leg stiffness; Load; Resonance

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF MASS; ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY; GAIT SPEED; GROUND REACTION FORCES; LEG STIFFNESS; MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; STIFFNESS PARAMETERS;

BIOPHYSICS; LOADING; SPEED; STIFFNESS;

RESONANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; GAIT; GRAVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESONANCE; WALKING SPEED;

CENTER OF MASS; GAIT SPEED; LEG STIFFNESS; LOAD; RESONANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890857279     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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