Mechanical and energetic consequences of rolling foot shape in human walking
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Mechanical and energetic consequences of rolling foot shape in human walking.
During human walking, the center of pressure under the foot progresses forward smoothly during each step, creating a wheel-like motion between the leg and the ground. This rolling motion might appear to aid walking economy, but the mechanisms that may lead to such a benefit are unclear, as the leg is not literally a wheel. We propose that there is indeed a benefit, but less from rolling than fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082347