A Perturbation Mechanism for Investigations of Phase-Dependent Behavior in Human Locomotion.

ABSTRACT: Bipedal locomotion is a popular area of study across multiple fields (e.g., biomechanics, neuroscience and robotics). Different hypotheses and models have tried explaining how humans achieve stable locomotion. Perturbations that produce shifts in the nominal periodic orbit of the joint kinematics during locomotion could inform about the manner in which the human neuromechanics represent the phase of gait. Ideally, this type of perturbation would modify the progression of the human subject through the gait cycle without deviating from the nominal kinematic orbits of the leg joints. However, there is a lack of publicly available experimental data with this type of perturbation. This paper presents the design and validation of a perturbation mechanism and an experimental protocol capable of p

SUBMITTER: Villarreal DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4996277 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature