Principles of human locomotion: A review

Author

Pons, J.L. ; Moreno, J.C. ; Torricelli, D. ; Taylor, J.S.

Author_Institution

Bioeng. Group, Spanish Nat. Res. Council, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

6941

Lastpage

6944

Abstract

In this article the principles of human locomotion are revisited and reviewed. This has been done in the framework of two European projects, where the elicitation of these mechanisms inform, on the one hand, the design of artificial bipedal walkers (H2R), and on the other hand the design of lower limb exoskeletons (BETTER) for rehabilitation of gait in post-stroke patients. Passive dynamics emerging from the morphology of the human musculoskeletal system, reflexes as stabilization mechanisms, modular control of movement as well as supra-spinal control of gait are reviewed to get insight on how these mechanisms can be used to explain human locomotion.

Keywords

gait analysis; medical disorders; neurophysiology; orthotics; patient rehabilitation; BETTER; European projects; H2R; artificial bipedal walker design; gait supra-spinal control; human locomotion principle; human musculoskeletal system morphology; lower limb exoskeleton design; movement modular control; passive dynamics; patient rehabilitation; post-stroke patients; stabilization mechanism; Biomechanics; Joints; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Neurophysiology; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611154

Filename

6611154