Abstract
This paper reports the kinematic, kinetic and electromyographic (EMG) dataset of human locomotion during level walking at different velocities, toe- and heel-walking, stairs ascending and descending. A sample of 50 healthy subjects, with an age between 6 and 72 years, is included. For each task, both raw data and computed variables are reported including: the 3D coordinates of external markers, the joint angles of lower limb in the sagittal, transversal and horizontal anatomical planes, the ground reaction forces and torques, the center of pressure, the lower limb joint mechanical moments and power, the displacement of the whole body center of mass, and the surface EMG signals of the main lower limb muscles. The data reported in the present study, acquired from subjects with different ages, represents a valuable dataset useful for future studies on locomotor function in humans, particularly as normative reference to analyze pathological gait, to test the performance of simulation models of bipedal locomotion, and to develop control algorithms for bipedal robots or active lower limb exoskeletons for rehabilitation.
Highlights
Locomotion, the movement of the body from one place to another, is a fundamental task for animal life and it is performed through complex interactions among the neuro-muscular, skeletal and sensory systems[1]
Legged locomotion is a dynamically unstable process, not easy to be learned and maintained at all stages of life, it offers some advantages like the possibility to be performed on different kinds of terrain, to overcome obstacles, to climb/descend stairs and to make sharp turns[2]
Based on the above considerations, in the present paper we report a comprehensive dataset of kinematic, kinetic and EMG individual data measured on 50 healthy subjects of different ages during the following conditions: level walking at different velocities, toe- and heel-walking, and stairs ascending and descending
Summary
Locomotion, the movement of the body from one place to another, is a fundamental task for animal life and it is performed through complex interactions among the neuro-muscular, skeletal and sensory systems[1]. Based on the above considerations, in the present paper we report a comprehensive dataset of kinematic, kinetic and EMG individual data measured on 50 healthy subjects of different ages (young, adult and elderly) during the following conditions: level walking at different velocities, toe- and heel-walking, and stairs ascending and descending. Possible applications of the data here reported are: providing age- and speed-matched normative reference for the analysis of altered gait in individual patients, developing/optimizing lower limb prostheses[19], developing/testing simulation models of bipedal locomotion[20], and developing control algorithms for bipedal robots[21], active exoskeletons[22,23] or model-based Functional Electrical Stimulation systems[24] for motor rehabilitation
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