step length

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walking speed

gait

Scientific Data

Human locomotion involves continuously variable activities including walking,\nrunning, and stair climbing over a range of speeds and inclinations as well as\nsit-stand, walk-run, and walk-stairs transitions. Understanding the kinematics\nand kinetics of the lower limbs during continuously varying locomotion is\nfundamental to developing robotic prostheses and exoskeletons that assist in\ncommunity ambulation. However, available datasets on human locomotion neglect\ntransitions between activities and/or continuous variations in speed and\ninclination during these activities. This data paper reports a new dataset that\nincludes the lower-limb kinematics and kinetics of ten able-bodied participants\nwalking at multiple inclines ($\\pm$ 0, 5, 10 $^{\\circ}$) and speeds (0.8, 1,\n1.2 m/s), running at multiple speeds (1.8, 2, 2.2, 2.4 m/s), walking and\nrunning with constant acceleration ($\\pm$ 0.2, 0.5 $\\text{m/s^2}$), and stair\nascent/descent with multiple stair inclines (20, 25, 30, 35 $^{\\circ}$). This\ndataset also includes sit-stand transitions, walk-run transitions, and\nwalk-stairs transitions. Data were recorded by a Vicon motion capture system\nand, for applicable tasks, a Bertec instrumented treadmill.\n

Lower-limb kinematics and kinetics during continuously varying human locomotion