Analysis of ground reaction forces in walker assisted gait

Anselmo Frizera*, Andrés Abellanas, Ramón Ceres, Jose L Pons

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The walkers are very popular assistive devices. Nevertheless, the modifications in gait patterns derived by the use of such devices are not clearly described in the literature. Some works performed studies regarding the ground reaction forces (GRF) in walker assisted gait. Modifications on the ground reaction forces were observed but no measurement was taken in order to experimentally validate and quantify the assumptions that justify such modifications - gait speed and gait posture. In this context, one step further is taken in this work by performing a study with two complementary measurement systems in order to obtain kinematic and dynamic parameters during gait experiments with and without walker.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAssistive Technology from Adapted Equipment to Inclusive Environments. AAATE 2009
EditorsPier Luigi Emiliani, Laura Burzagli, Andrea Como, Gabbanini Gabbanini, Anna-Liisa Salminen
Pages450-454
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameAssistive Technology Research Series
Volume25
ISSN (Print)1383-813X
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8071

Keywords

  • Assistive devices
  • gait analysis
  • ground reaction forces (GRF)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)

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