Altering Compliance of a Load Carriage Device in the Medial-Lateral Direction Reduces Peak Forces While Walking.

ABSTRACT: Altering mechanical compliance in load carriage structures has shown to reduce metabolic cost and accelerative forces of carrying weight. Currently, modifications to load carriage structures have been primarily targeted at vertical motion of the carried mass. No study to date has investigated altering load carriage compliance in the medial-lateral direction. We developed a backpack specifically for allowing a carried mass to oscillate in the horizontal direction, giving us the unique opportunity to understand the effects of lateral mass motion on human gait. Previous modelling work has shown that walking economy can be improved through the interaction of a bipedal model with a laterally oscillating walking surface. To test whether a laterally oscillating mass can experimentally improve wal

SUBMITTER: Martin JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137106 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature