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The human foot and heel–sole–toe walking strategy: a mechanism enabling an inverted pendular gait with low isometric muscle force?

Mechanically, the most economical gait for slow bipedal locomotion requires walking as an ‘inverted pendulum’, with: I, an impulsive, energy-dissipating leg compression at the beginning of stance; II, a stiff-limbed vault; and III, an impulsive, powering push-off at the end of stance. The characteri...

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Autores principales: Usherwood, J. R., Channon, A. J., Myatt, J. P., Rankin, J. W., Hubel, T. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22572024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0179