Title |
Recycling Energy to Restore Impaired Ankle Function during Human Walking
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2010
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009307 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Steven H. Collins, Arthur D. Kuo |
Abstract |
Humans normally dissipate significant energy during walking, largely at the transitions between steps. The ankle then acts to restore energy during push-off, which may be the reason that ankle impairment nearly always leads to poorer walking economy. The replacement of lost energy is necessary for steady gait, in which mechanical energy is constant on average, external dissipation is negligible, and no net work is performed over a stride. However, dissipation and replacement by muscles might not be necessary if energy were instead captured and reused by an assistive device. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 7 | 2% |
Germany | 4 | <1% |
France | 3 | <1% |
Italy | 2 | <1% |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Norway | 1 | <1% |
Singapore | 1 | <1% |
Montenegro | 1 | <1% |
Other | 4 | <1% |
Unknown | 378 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 100 | 25% |
Student > Master | 89 | 22% |
Student > Bachelor | 43 | 11% |
Researcher | 39 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 5% |
Other | 72 | 18% |
Unknown | 38 | 9% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Engineering | 234 | 58% |
Sports and Recreations | 26 | 6% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 4% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 2% |
Other | 37 | 9% |
Unknown | 59 | 15% |