title: Synthesis of human walking: a planar model for single support.
abstract: A mathematical model for the single support phase of normal, level, human walking is formulated. The motion of the lower extremity is synthesized using a preprogrammed set of inputs, recognized by the model as a simple collection of applied joint moments. Two mechanisms are forwarded as candidates for producing the observed peaks in the vertical ground reaction. The first, stance knee flexion-extension, generates the necessary level of whole-body vertical acceleration during the initial region of single support (opposite toe-off to heel-off). A model accounting for the determinants of foot and knee interaction then predicts the second peak to be the result of an increasing ankle moment in the region from heel-off to opposite heel-strike.
authors.affiliation: Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, CA 94305.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pandy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berme
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*