Abstract
Predictive simulations of human walking have great potential to expand our understanding of locomotion. For instance, they can isolate the effect of specific impairments on observed gait pathologies or aid in designing assistive devices by modeling human-device interactions. Introducing simulated impairments or adding augmentation devices to a model may change kinematics, including preferred walking speed. Experimental studies have characterized cost of transport over a wide range of walking speeds, and have shown that humans prefer walking at a speed that minimizes their cost of transport [1]. The purpose of this study was to use a predictive simulation framework to reproduce experimental energetic cost of transport. We trained a model to walk at speeds between 0.5 and 2.0 m/s and compared our simulated cost of transport to experimental data.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 19-20 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | 16th International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics - Gold Coast, Australia Duration: 20 Jul 2017 → 22 Jul 2017 |
Conference
Conference | 16th International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Gold Coast |
Period | 20/07/17 → 22/07/17 |