We collected high-resolution plantar pressure distributions of seven bonobos during terrestrial bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion (N = 146). Functional foot length, degree of hallux abduction, and total contact time were determined, and plots, showing pressure as a function of time for six different foot regions, were generated. We also studied five adult humans for comparison (N = 13). Both l...

Abstract Background Identification of individual gait events is essential for clinical analysis, because it can be used diagnostic purposes or tracking disease progression in neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. Previous research has shown that detected from a shank-mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU), however detection performance was often evaluated only straight-line walkin...

This paper proposes a novel foot-pad omni-directional locomotion interface, establishes planar walking algorithm for it in detail. The proposed locomotion interface allows users walking omni-directionally in a virtual environment, which can improve users’ immersion characteristic significantly. The established walking algorithm explains the relation between the motion of foot-pads and the posit...

introduction: the purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of the new electronic apex locator raypex5 with radiography for working length determination of straight and curved root canals. materials and methods: twenty straight and single canals of maxillary central teeth and twenty curved mesiobuccal canals of mandibular molar teeth were used. access cavities were prepared and...

During locomotion, leg movements define the direction of walking (forward or backward) and path one is taking (straight curved). These aspects locomotion produce characteristic visual motion patterns during movement. Here, we tested whether cortical regions responding to either egomotion-compatible motion, movements, both, are sensitive these locomotion-relevant motion. We compared a curved (ty...