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Description:: Step length is a common measurement taken during gait analyses. It allows one to determine asymmetries between the two legs, compare differences between subjects, and even compare intra-subject differences for changing parameters. Yet there has been little investigation of step length specifically and how it is modulated during walking. This...
Keyword:: walking, motion analysis, prostheses, amputation, step length, and gait
Subject:: Biomedical Engineering
Creator:: Pinata Hungspreugs Sessoms
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/08/2018
Date Modified:: 10/08/2018
Date Created:: 2008-12-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: The role that spinal motion plays during ambulation is not clearly understood. Little in vivo regional spinal motion data exists in the literature with regard to walking and most gait models disregard the upper body altogether, or regard it as a single rigid structure. This study aims to increase understanding...
Keyword:: thoraco-lumbo-sacral orthosis, walking, spinal restriction, kinematic model, spine motion, and gait
Subject:: Biomedical Engineering
Creator:: Regina Jane Konz
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 05/21/2018
Date Modified:: 05/21/2018
Date Created:: 2007-04-13
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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