The biomechanics effects of back and front pack load carriage for human locomotion

Author

Yali, Han ; Yiyu, Liu ; Haitao, Gao ; Zhu Song Qing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nanjing Inst. of Technol., Nanjing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

5-8 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

1621

Lastpage

1626

Abstract

This paper described an investigation into the biomechanical effects of back and front load carriage on human locomotion performance. Ten young male subjects walked on a level under five conditions (10kg front pack, 20kg front pack, without load, 10kg backpack and 20kg backpack). For each subject, the self-selected speed was maintained at all conditions to minimize the effect of speed on gait dynamics. The kinematic and kinetic effects results during front pack or back pack load carriage were obtained with walking experiments. Analysing kinematics and kinetic during different carriage broadens the knowledge regarding the development of exercise-related injuries, while helping to inform the human-centred design process for future load carrying systems.

Keywords

gait analysis; injuries; kinematics; back pack load carriage; biomechanical effects; exercise-related injuries; front pack load carriage; gait dynamics; human locomotion performance; human-centred design process; kinematic effects; kinetic effects; mass 10 kg; mass 20 kg; self-selected speed; walking; young male subjects; Biomechanics; Hip; Joints; Kinematics; Kinetic theory; Knee; Legged locomotion; backpack load; front pack load; joint kinematics and kinetic terms here; walking posture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1275-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMA.2012.6284379

Filename

6284379