Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611154
