Bilateral temporal control determines mediolateral margins of stability in symmetric and asymmetric human walking.

ABSTRACT: Human bipedal gait requires active control of mediolateral dynamic balance to stay upright. The margin of stability is considered a measure of dynamic balance, and larger margins are by many authors assumed to reflect better balance control. The inverted pendulum model of gait indicates that changes in the mediolateral margin of stability are related to changes in bilateral single support times. We propose updated equations for the mediolateral margin of stability in temporally symmetric and asymmetric gait, which now include the single support times of both legs. Based on these equations, we study the relation between bilateral single support times and the mediolateral margin of stability in symmetric, asymmetric, and adaptive human gait. In all conditions, the mediolateral margin of stab

SUBMITTER: Buurke TJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715793 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature