Mechanical energy fluctuation in lower limbs during walking in participants with and without total hip replacement.

ABSTRACT: Mechanical energy fluctuation of the segments of lower limbs during walking has not been fully investigated. It was hypothesized that the segments may work as a pendulum, i.e. the kinetic and potential energies exchanged out of phase. This study aimed to investigate energy changes and recovery during gait in hip replacement patients. The gait data for 12 participants with total hip replacement and 12 age-matched control was compared. The kinetic, potential and rotative energies for whole lower limb and thigh, calf and foot, were calculated. The effectiveness of a pendulum effect was analysed. Gait parameters (speeds and cadence) were calculated. The results showed that the thigh had significant effectiveness as a pendulum during gait with energy recovery coefficient of approximately 40% wh

SUBMITTER: Anwar SFZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974294 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature