Modelling the neuromechanical events of locomotion at varying gravitational levels.
The purpose of the present study was to determine the feasibility of using a neuromechanical model of human locomotion based on a model previously published by Taga et al. to simulate gait at various speeds and gravitational levels. The results indicate that this model may be appropriate for studying walking at 1 G but not for higher speed or lower G locomotion.
Day
M K
MK
Department of Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Monti
R J
RJ
Vallance
K
K
McGuan
S
S
Roy
R R
RR
Edgerton
V R
VR
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005684:Gait; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D018472:Hypogravity; D007596:Joints; D008124:Locomotion; D008954:Models, Biological; D009141:Musculoskeletal System; D012420:Running; D019415:Torque; D016138:Walking; D014893:Weightlessness