Title: Analysis on the gait of lower limbs in different walking speed

Authors: Xin Wang; Yue Ma; Bo Yi Hou

Addresses: Departement of Kinesiology, Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang 110102, China ' Key Laboratory of Impression Evidence Examination and Identification Technology, National Police University of China, Shenyang 110854, China ' Departement of Kinesiology, Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang 110102, China

Abstract: In order to find out the change of loading on lower limbs associated with different walking speeds, 15 young males and 15 females were tested in different walking speeds with barefoot. The kinematics and kinetic dates were collected by Coda motion capture system, ATMI force platform. Knee forces (KF) were calculated by anybody software. The results shows that with increase of walking speed, the heel reaction force in sagittal and vertical axis increases, which results in a weaker stability. The forces on the knee in three directions becomes significantly higher when walking at a faster speed, which results in an increase in the load and the risk of knee cartilage and ligament injury was increased too.

Keywords: gait; walking speed; lower limbs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJECB.2018.092264

International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics, 2018 Vol.4 No.2/3, pp.204 - 208

Received: 12 Jan 2017
Accepted: 16 May 2017
Published online: 12 Jun 2018 *

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