Title :
Push-up motion analysis of spinal cord injuries
Author :
Tanimoto, Yoshio ; Takechi, Hideo ; Nagahata, Hidekazu ; Yamamoto, Hideki
Author_Institution :
Kibikogen Rehab. Center for Employment Injuries, Yoshikawa, Japan
Abstract :
The push-up motion is one of the essential activities of patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI). The authors measured three dimensional floor reactions of both hands in 27 SCI subjects. The shoulder torque and the hip torque calculated by using a mechanical model, were parameters of the power of the push-up motion. The skill of the push-up motion can be characterized by the anteroposterior force
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical measurement; motion estimation; neurophysiology; anteroposterior force; both hands; hip torque; mechanical model; power parameters; push-up motion analysis; push-up motion skill; shoulder torque; spinal cord injuries; three dimensional floor reactions; Employment; Equations; Hip; Inhibitors; Motion analysis; Muscles; Shoulder; Spinal cord injury; Torque; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1998. IMTC/98. Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4797-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1998.679762
