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Computer aided study of human locomotion

Published: 07 March 1972 Publication History

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A subject walking in front of a coded background is photographed with a high speed movie camera. For greater accuracy, the camera is moved parallel to the subject at his walking speed. The successive film frames are analyzed by a flying spot scanner under computer control. The computer program determines the location of the camera using the background code and finds the position co-ordinates of marker dots placed over various points of interest on the subject's body and limbs. From the location of the marker dots the trajectories of the various limbs and joints can be obtained in graphical form, as well as data pertaining to joint velocities and angular displacements. It is felt that this information can have important clinical use for assessing walking disabilities and for measuring gait improvement in amputees.

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  • (1976)Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, and Image Processing 1970-1975Computer10.1109/C-M.1976.2186769:8(46-64)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1976
  • (1974)Kinematics of normal locomotion—A statistical study based on T.V. dataJournal of Biomechanics10.1016/0021-9290(74)90082-77:6(479-486)Online publication date: Nov-1974

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cover image ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics
ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics  Volume 6, Issue 4
Winter 1972
166 pages
ISSN:0097-8930
DOI:10.1145/964961
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  • cover image ACM Conferences
    Proceedings of the 1972 SIGGRAPH seminar on Computer graphics in medicine
    March 1972
    168 pages
    ISBN:9781450374606
    DOI:10.1145/800154

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 07 March 1972
Published in SIGGRAPH Volume 6, Issue 4

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  • (1976)Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, and Image Processing 1970-1975Computer10.1109/C-M.1976.2186769:8(46-64)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1976
  • (1974)Kinematics of normal locomotion—A statistical study based on T.V. dataJournal of Biomechanics10.1016/0021-9290(74)90082-77:6(479-486)Online publication date: Nov-1974

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