Title :
Joint powers in stair climbing at different slopes
Author :
Riener, R. ; Rabuffetti, M. ; Frigo, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Autom. Control, Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Ten healthy subjects ascended and descended stairs at three different slopes. Ground reaction and kinematic data were measured. Hip, knee, and ankle joint powers were computed and compared with level walking data. It was observed that joint power production and absorption significantly depends on the staircase slope
Keywords :
gait analysis; kinematics; patient rehabilitation; ankle joint; biomechanics; different slopes; equations of motion; gait analysis; gait rehabilitation; ground reaction data; hip joint; joint powers; kinematic data; knee joint; stair climbing; Absorption; Biomechanics; Foot; Force measurement; Hip; Kinematics; Knee; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Production;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802608
