• DocumentCode
    1858804
  • Title

    Biomechanical analysis of the foot arch function using a forward dynamic walking simulation

  • Author

    Nishizawa, N. ; Hase, Kazunori ; Naito, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Hachioji, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-7 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    310
  • Lastpage
    312
  • Abstract
    The purpose of this study is to develop the simulation model that can reproduce the walking motion by considering a detailed musculo-skeletal system of the feet. The model was constructed as 22 three-dimensional rigid links with 90 muscles and 62 neural oscillators. The simulated walking pattern closely agreed with actual human walking not only of joint movement but also of energy consumption and magnitude of ground reaction force.
  • Keywords
    gait analysis; muscle; neural nets; neurophysiology; oscillators; 3D rigid links; biomechanical analysis; energy consumption; foot arch function; forward dynamic walking simulation; ground reaction force; joint movement; musculo-skeletal system; neural oscillators; simulation model; walking motion; walking pattern simulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), 2012 International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Nagoya
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4811-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MHS.2012.6492428
  • Filename
    6492428