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Mechanics of very slow human walking
Human walking speeds can be influenced by multiple factors, from energetic considerations to the time to reach a destination. Neurological deficits or lower-limb injuries can lead to slower walking speeds, and the recovery of able-bodied gait speed and behavior from impaired gait is considered an im...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31792226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54271-2 |
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author | Wu, Amy R. Simpson, Cole S. van Asseldonk, Edwin H. F. van der Kooij, Herman Ijspeert, Auke J. |
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description | Human walking speeds can be influenced by multiple factors, from energetic considerations to the time to reach a destination. Neurological deficits or lower-limb injuries can lead to slower walking speeds, and the recovery of able-bodied gait speed and behavior from impaired gait is considered an important rehabilitation goal. Because gait studies are typically performed at faster speeds, little normative data exists for very slow speeds (less than 0.6 ms[Formula: see text] ). The purpose of our study was to investigate healthy gait mechanics at extremely slow walking speeds. We recorded kinematic and kinetic data from eight adult subjects walking at four slow speeds from 0.1 ms[Formula: see text] to 0.6 ms[Formula: see text] and at their self-selected speed. We found that known relations for spatiotemporal and work measures are still valid at very slow speeds. Trends derived from slow speeds largely provided reasonable estimates of gait measures at self-selected speeds. Our study helps enable valuable comparisons between able-bodied and impaired gait, including which pathological behaviors can be attributed to slow speeds and which to gait deficits. We also provide a slow walking dataset, which may serve as normative data for clinical evaluations and gait rehabilitative devices. |
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spelling | pubmed-68894032019-12-10 Mechanics of very slow human walking Wu, Amy R. Simpson, Cole S. van Asseldonk, Edwin H. F. van der Kooij, Herman Ijspeert, Auke J. Sci Rep Article Human walking speeds can be influenced by multiple factors, from energetic considerations to the time to reach a destination. Neurological deficits or lower-limb injuries can lead to slower walking speeds, and the recovery of able-bodied gait speed and behavior from impaired gait is considered an important rehabilitation goal. Because gait studies are typically performed at faster speeds, little normative data exists for very slow speeds (less than 0.6 ms[Formula: see text] ). The purpose of our study was to investigate healthy gait mechanics at extremely slow walking speeds. We recorded kinematic and kinetic data from eight adult subjects walking at four slow speeds from 0.1 ms[Formula: see text] to 0.6 ms[Formula: see text] and at their self-selected speed. We found that known relations for spatiotemporal and work measures are still valid at very slow speeds. Trends derived from slow speeds largely provided reasonable estimates of gait measures at self-selected speeds. Our study helps enable valuable comparisons between able-bodied and impaired gait, including which pathological behaviors can be attributed to slow speeds and which to gait deficits. We also provide a slow walking dataset, which may serve as normative data for clinical evaluations and gait rehabilitative devices. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6889403/ /pubmed/31792226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54271-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Wu, Amy R. Simpson, Cole S. van Asseldonk, Edwin H. F. van der Kooij, Herman Ijspeert, Auke J. Mechanics of very slow human walking |
title | Mechanics of very slow human walking |
title_full | Mechanics of very slow human walking |
title_fullStr | Mechanics of very slow human walking |
title_full_unstemmed | Mechanics of very slow human walking |
title_short | Mechanics of very slow human walking |
title_sort | mechanics of very slow human walking |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31792226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54271-2 |
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