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The determinants of the step frequency in walking in humans.
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The mechanical power spent during walking in lifting and accelerating the centre of mass, Wext, has been measured at three given speeds maintained at different step frequencies: at any given speed, Wext is smaller the greater the step frequency used. The mechanical power spent in accelerating the limbs relative to the centre of mass during walking at a given speed, but with different step frequencies, Wint, was calculated from previous data obtained during free walking (Cavagna & Kaneko, 1977). At a given walking speed, Wint increases with the step frequency. The total power, Wtot = Wext + Wint, reaches a minimum at a step frequency which is 20‐30% less than the step frequency freely chosen at the same period. The step frequency at which Wtot is minimum increases with speed in a similar way to the natural step frequency during free walking.
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- Cavagna, G. A., & Franzetti, P.
- Venue
- The Journal of Physiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1986-04
- Volume
- 373
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 235-242
- ISSN
- 0022-3751 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7793
- OpenAlex
- W2083730347
- Cited by
- 256
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 1.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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