Helene Pillet , Boris Dauriac , Coralie Villa , Isabelle Loiret , François Lavaste , Xavier Bonnet
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Abstract
Background
Stair walking requires to elevate or lower the body center of mass and results in increased muscle contractions and consumed energy compared to level walking. Mechanical work produced by the body can be quantified through Individual Limb Method and the summed lower limb joint work but there does not exist normative data of these works in stair ascent and descent compared to slope ascent and descent of the same individuals.
Methods
Upstair and downstair walking were investigated at 0%, 5% and 12% inclinations and compared to upslope and downslope walking for thirteen able-bodied volunteers. Lower limb joint and individual limb powers and works were compared across walking conditions.
Findings
Work production and absorption required to elevate or lower the center of mass directly depend on the inclination to be crossed (about 0.35 J/kg for 5% slope, 0.9 J/kg for 12% slope and 1.6 J/kg for stair). However, the distribution among joints and between gait phases is different when considering stair versus slope walking. In particular, the role of the knee is exacerbated for work production in stair ascent (45% of total work) as well as for work absorption in stair descent (61% of total work). Also, more work production/absorption is performed during the swing phase for stair walking then for slope walking.
Interpretation
This study provides reference data of the Individual Limb mechanical work performed during stair walking and show that this method can substitute to summed lower limb joint one during the stance phase of stair walking.
期刊介绍:
IRBM is the journal of the AGBM (Alliance for engineering in Biology an Medicine / Alliance pour le génie biologique et médical) and the SFGBM (BioMedical Engineering French Society / Société française de génie biologique médical) and the AFIB (French Association of Biomedical Engineers / Association française des ingénieurs biomédicaux).
As a vehicle of information and knowledge in the field of biomedical technologies, IRBM is devoted to fundamental as well as clinical research. Biomedical engineering and use of new technologies are the cornerstones of IRBM, providing authors and users with the latest information. Its six issues per year propose reviews (state-of-the-art and current knowledge), original articles directed at fundamental research and articles focusing on biomedical engineering. All articles are submitted to peer reviewers acting as guarantors for IRBM''s scientific and medical content. The field covered by IRBM includes all the discipline of Biomedical engineering. Thereby, the type of papers published include those that cover the technological and methodological development in:
-Physiological and Biological Signal processing (EEG, MEG, ECG…)-
Medical Image processing-
Biomechanics-
Biomaterials-
Medical Physics-
Biophysics-
Physiological and Biological Sensors-
Information technologies in healthcare-
Disability research-
Computational physiology-
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