title: Ground reaction forces during termination of human gait.
abstract: This is the first published report of the ground reaction forces during gait termination. Two mechanisms appear to be used to stop walking: increased braking forces and decreased push-off force. There appears to be a short interval of time during the gait cycle in which a decision to take an additional step is to be made.
authors.affiliation: Pritzker Institute of Medical Engineering, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vanitchatchavan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time