Conference proceeding
Effect of Restrictive Clothing on Balance and Gait using Motion Capture and Stability Analysis
SAE Transactions, Vol.114, pp.713-722
Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Symposium, 2005
2005
DOI: 10.4271/2005-01-2688
Abstract
The effect of restrictive clothing on functional reach and on balance and gait during obstacle crossing of five normal subjects is presented in this work using motion capture and stability analyses. The study has shown that restrictive clothing has considerably reduced participants' functional reach. It also forced the participants to change their motion strategy when they cross-higher obstacles. When crossing higher obstacles, the participants averted their stance foot, abducted their arms, flexed their torso, used longer stance time, and increased their hip angle in the medial-lateral (Rolling) and vertical (Yawing) directions. The stability analysis of a virtual human skeletal model with 18 links and 25 degrees of freedom has shown that participants' stability has become critical when they wear restrictive clothing and when they cross higher obstacles.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of Restrictive Clothing on Balance and Gait using Motion Capture and Stability Analysis
- Creators
- S Rahmatalla - University of IowaH. J Kim - University of IowaM Shanahan - University of IowaC. C Swan - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- SAE Transactions, Vol.114, pp.713-722
- Conference
- Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Symposium, 2005
- DOI
- 10.4271/2005-01-2688
- ISSN
- 0148-7191
- eISSN
- 2688-3627
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984197342202771
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