Method for Wearable Kinematic Gait Analysis Using a Harmonic Oscillator Applied to the Center of Mass

Figure 4

Evaluation of the BOS when the subject walks using a walking quadripod stick (black rectangle). (a) The subject is standing. (b) The subject is walking. The distance h between the walking quadripod stick and the foot is constant in all the way. The area 1 is the BOS without an aid. Area 2 is the residual increased BOS because the walking quadripod stick is in use.

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