Ground reaction forces and center of pressure (C of P ) patterns were studied in 17 subjects running a t 4.5 ms-'. The subjects wereclassified as rearfoot o r midfoot strikers according to the location of the C of P at the time of first contact between foot and ground. The C of P path in the rearfoot group showed a continuous anterior movement during support while the C of P in most of the midf...

The importance of the measurement of human locomotion for the processes of diagnosis and treatment of locomotion disorders is increasingly being recognized. Human locomotion, in particular walking and running are defined by sequences of cyclic gestures. The variability of these sequences can reveal abilities or motorskill failures. The purpose of this study is to analyze and to characterize a r...

Ground reaction force (GRF) data were collected on twenty adult males during running stance to establish normative standards to aid in assessment of the gait of atypical runners. Subjects ran between 30 and 40 trials across a Kistler 0.6 X 0.9 m force platform at self-selected speeds ranging from 2.5 to 5.5 m s-1. Best fit polynomials for a given descriptor variable were constructed for each su...

Overhand throwing requires contributions from and interaction between all limb segments. Most previous investigations have concentrated on the throwing arm itself, yet poor mechanics at the arm may originate in the lower extremities. Multicomponent ground-reaction forces of both the push-off and landing limbs were measured in six collegiate and one high school level baseball pitchers. Full body...

Pronation distortion syndrome is one of the most common abnormalities in the body that causes distortions in the structures of the skeletal structures of the lower extremities and increases postural sways. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of 12-week corrective exercises on postural sways in male students with pronation distortion syndrome. In this semi experimental research...

In this work we address the question of how to exploit typical architectural structures to improve accuracy for CAD modeling of built environments from 3D data. In doing so we have examined the applicability of the GENOCOP III algorithm to the model fitting. The algorithm uses explicit domain knowledge, specifically geometric constraints in the form of parameterized surface models and an Euclid...

This paper proposes a novel model fitting algorithm for 3D facial expression reconstruction from a single image. Face expression reconstruction from a single image is a challenging task in computer vision. Most state-of-the-art methods fit the input image to a 3D Morphable Model (3DMM). These methods need to solve a stochastic problem and cannot deal with expression and pose variations. To solv...