Human Kinematic Characteristics during Stair Descent

Abstract:

To design and manufacture better artificial joints, it is necessary to obtain the motion range of lower limb statistically. General Staircase as an experimental device had been designed; motion capture system and plantar force measurement system were used to establish a systematic measurement method during stairs descent. The variation and range of hip, knee and ankle joints of 40 samples along different directions in a cycle have been calculated. During stair decent, motion range of hip, knee and ankle joints reach maximum in the sagittal plane and are larger comparing to joint motion range in walking and jogging.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 155-156)
• Pages: 545-549
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.155-156.545
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Gang Tang, Hong Jiang Yang, Dao Fang Chang, Dong Mei Wang, Gao Feng Wei
• Keywords: Human Movement, Joint Angle, Kinematics, Measurement, Stair Descent

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