Title
The Role of Ankle Plantarflexors in Maintaining Dynamic Balance during Human Walking
Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
6-2012
Publication Source
American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference
Abstract
The regulation of whole-body angular momentum is essential for maintaining dynamic balance during human walking and appears to be tightly controlled during normal and pathological movement. The primary mechanism to regulate angular momentum is muscle force generation, which accelerates the body segments and generates ground reaction forces that alter angular momentum about the body’s center-of-mass to restore and maintain dynamic balance. Previous modeling studies have shown the ankle plantarflexors are important contributors to the anterior/posterior, vertical and medial/lateral ground reaction forces during human walking, and therefore appear critical to regulating angular momentum and maintaining dynamic balance during walking.
ISBN/ISSN
9780791844809
Copyright
Copyright © 2012, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Place of Publication
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Neptune, Richard R.; McGowan, Craig P.; and Kinney, Allison, "The Role of Ankle Plantarflexors in Maintaining Dynamic Balance during Human Walking" (2012). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications. 10.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mee_fac_pub/10
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