Ground reaction forces during termination of human gait.
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.
Jaeger
R J
RJ
Pritzker Institute of Medical Engineering, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
Vanitchatchavan
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D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time