Mechanical work performed by the individual legs during uphill and downhill walking.
Mechanical work performed by the individual legs during uphill and downhill walking.
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双腿在上坡和下坡行走时的机械功。
DOI:
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.034
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发表时间:
2012-01-10
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Kram R
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文献类型:
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作者:
Franz JR;Lyddon NE;Kram R
Previous studies of the mechanical work performed during uphill and downhill walking have neglected the simultaneous negative and positive work performed by the leading and trailing legs during double support. Our goal was to quantify the mechanical work performed by the individual legs across a range of uphill and downhill grades. We hypothesized that during double support, 1) with steeper uphill grade, the negative work performed by the leading leg would become negligible and the trailing leg would perform progressively greater positive work to raise the center of mass (CoM), and 2) with steeper downhill grade, the leading leg would perform progressively greater negative work to lower the CoM and the positive work performed by the trailing leg would become negligible. 11 healthy young adults (6M/5F, 71.0 ± 12.3 kg) walked at 1.25 m/s on a dual-belt force-measuring treadmill at seven grades (0, ±3, ±6, ±9°). We collected three-dimensional ground reaction forces (GRFs) and used the individual limbs method to calculate the mechanical work performed by each leg. As hypothesized, the trailing leg performed progressively greater positive work with steeper uphill grade, and the leading leg performed progressively greater negative work with steeper downhill grade (p<0.005). To our surprise, unlike level-ground walking, during double support the leading leg performed considerable positive work when walking uphill and the trailing leg performed considerable negative work when walking downhill (p<0.005). To understand how humans walk uphill and downhill, it is important to consider these revealing biomechanical aspects of individual leg function and interaction during double support.
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影响因子:
--
作者:
CAVAGNA, GA;HEGLUND, NC;TAYLOR, CR
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, CR
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
McIntosh, Andrew Stuart;Beatty, Karen T.;Vickers, Deborah R.
通讯作者:
Vickers, Deborah R.
影响因子:
5.5
作者:
MINETTI, AE;ARDIGO, LP;SAIBENE, F
通讯作者:
SAIBENE, F
影响因子:
2
作者:
ALEXANDER, RM
通讯作者:
ALEXANDER, RM
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
CAVAGNA, GA
通讯作者:
CAVAGNA, GA