• DocumentCode
    1713851
  • Title

    Force magnitude and spectral frequency content of heel strike during gait

  • Author

    Acharya, Kandarp R. ; Harris, Gerald F. ; Riedel, Susan A. ; Kazarian, Leon

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr., Comput. & Biomed. Eng., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    826
  • Abstract
    A method of measuring and analyzing the magnitude and frequency content of reaction forces at six discrete points under the foot is described. A detailed analysis of the heel reaction force and frequency content characteristics during normal gait is provided. The study is part of a larger effort designed to investigate human bone remodeling under normal gravity (1G) conditions and while exposed to the hypogravic environment of manned spaceflight
  • Keywords
    aerospace biophysics; biomechanics; bone; zero gravity experiments; heel reaction force; heel strike; human bone remodeling; hypogravic environment; manned spaceflight; normal gait; normal gravity; spectral frequency content; Bones; Capacitive sensors; Foot; Footwear; Force measurement; Frequency; Humans; Strain measurement; Stress; Transducers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96003
  • Filename
    96003