Estimating the mechanical cost of transport in human walking with a simple kinematic data-driven mechanical model
Abstract
This work utilizes a simplified, streamlined approach to study the mechanical cost of transport in human walking. Utilizing the kinematic motion data of the center of mass, velocities and accelerations are determined using kinematic analysis; the applied force is then obtained using inverse dynamics. We calculate the mechanical cost of transport per step from both synthetic and measured data, using a very simple mechanical model of walking. The approach studied can serve as an informative gait characteristic to monitor rehabilitation in human walking.
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Research article
Published
2024
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Public Library of Science
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202404182992Use this for linking
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1932-6203
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301706
Language
English
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PLoS ONE
Citation
- Katwal, P., Jaiswal, S., Jiang, D., Pyrhönen, L., Tuomisto, J., Rantalainen, T., Schwab, A. L., & Mikkola, A. (2024). Estimating the mechanical cost of transport in human walking with a simple kinematic data-driven mechanical model. PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0301706. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301706
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Research Council of Finland
Funding program(s)
Academy Project, AoF
Akatemiahanke, SA
Additional information about funding
This work was supported by Academy of Finland (https://www.aka.fi/en/) for Remote Virtual Physiotherapist consortium to AM under Grant #347932; and to TR under Grant #349470 The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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