2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Coordination Mechanism of the Lower Limb and the Posture of the Trunk in Human Locomotion
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22500416
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
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| Research Institution | Osaka Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
GOAN Miki 大阪市立大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 研究員 (70337616)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | バイオメカニクス / 歩行運動 / 筋シナジー |
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| Research Abstract |
This study treats joint synergy and control strategy of human locomotion. The numerical simulations based on the motion captured data of human locomotion revealed the physical meanings of the lower limb's joint synergy and control strategy. Support leg is controlled to move the center of mass to the forward keeping the soul's contact to the surface of the ground. The control strategy of swing leg is ballistic control with initiating active control and nonlinear passive visco-elastic properties determine periodic behavior. From these results, we can note that the fundamental control system of human locomotion is not based on exact model or reference motions but on 'no control as possible' principle.
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