Body size and lower limb posture during walking in humans.

We test whether locomotor posture is associated with body mass and lower limb length in humans and explore how body size and posture affect net joint moments during walking. We acquired gait data for 24 females and 25 males using a three-dimensional motion capture system and pressure-measuring insol...

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Main Authors: Martin Hora, Libor Soumar, Herman Pontzer, Vladimír Sládek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5305206?pdf=render