Correlation between walking energy expenditure and tachographic gait parameters
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology
- Vol. 7 (2) , 58-65
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03091908309041232
Abstract
A group of 53 adult men, normal subjects as well as victims of different types of lower-extremity handicaps, took part in tachographic gait studies and measurements of physiological energy expenditure whilst walking at a self-selected pace. The observations were analysed to explore the relationships between walking energy expenditure and various gait parameters. This analysis allowed the authors to identify some biomechanical indices which can be used for objective evaluations of human performance in locomotion. The investigation reported in this paper is a follow-up to the authors’ pilot study which was published in an earlier issue of'JMET.Keywords
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