@inproceedings{b4679418056243fea0f729ecb11e67e5,
title = "Characterizing swing-leg retraction in human locomotion",
abstract = "Swing-leg retraction, the backward rotation of the swing leg just prior to ground contact, is observed in human locomotion. While several advantages of swingleg retraction, like gait stability and perturbation rejection, are shown by conceptual models, there is currently very little experimental data on swing-leg retraction in human motion. In this paper, kinematic data for twenty-eight subjects walking and running at different speeds are analyzed. Swing-leg retraction was shown to exist in walking and running at every non-zero speed. Additionally, swing-leg retraction speed and acceleration linearly increase with gait speed. At comparable gait speeds, swing-leg retraction speed is higher for running than for walking.",
keywords = "Running, Swing-leg retraction, Walking",
author = "Poggensee, {K. L.} and Sharbafi, {M. A.} and A. Seyfarth",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1142/9789814623353_0044",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789814623346",
series = "Mobile Service Robotics: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines",
publisher = "World Scientific",
pages = "377--384",
editor = "Krzysztof Kozlowski and Tokhi, {Mohammad O} and Virk, {Gurvinder S} and Virk, {Gurvinder S} and Virk, {Gurvinder S}",
booktitle = "Mobile Service Robotics",
address = "Singapore",
note = "17th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2014 ; Conference date: 21-07-2014 Through 23-07-2014",
}