A method for the reconstruction of ground reaction force-time characteristics during gait from force platform recordings of simultaneous foot falls.

Begg, R K; Rahman, S M · IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · 2000

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

This paper proposes a method for the reconstruction of foot-ground reaction forces from force platform recordings of two consecutive footfalls. The reconstruction algorithm uses zero-derivative criterion (inflection point) to detect contralateral foot contacts and subtracts contralateral forces from the combined force-time curve in order to reconstruct force-time data. Experimental results suggest that the method can be applied to separate accurately foot-specific gait forces from corrupted force-time data as a result of incorrect stepping on a force platform.

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