PMID- 36275397
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221025
LR  - 20221123
IS  - 2040-2309 (Electronic)
IS  - 2040-2295 (Print)
IS  - 2040-2295 (Linking)
VI  - 2022
DP  - 2022
TI  - Quantification of Gait Stability During Incline and Decline Walking: The 
      Responses of Required Coefficient of Friction and Dynamic Postural Index.
PG  - 7716821
LID - 10.1155/2022/7716821 [doi]
LID - 7716821
AB  - This study aims to investigate the gait stability response during incline and 
      decline walking for various surface inclination angles in terms of the required 
      coefficient of friction (RCOF), postural stability index (PSI), and center of 
      pressure (COP)-center of mass (COM) distance. A customized platform with 
      different surface inclinations (0 degrees , 5 degrees , 7.5 degrees , and 10 degrees ) was designed. Twenty-three 
      male volunteers participated by walking on an inclined platform for each 
      inclination. The process was then repeated for declined platform as well. 
      Qualysis motion capture system was used to capture and collect the trajectories 
      motion of ten reflective markers that attached to the subjects before being 
      exported to a visual three-dimensional (3D) software and executed in Matlab to 
      obtain the RCOF, PSI, as well as dynamic PSI (DPSI) and COP-COM distance 
      parameters. According to the result for incline walking, during initial contact, 
      the RCOF was not affected to inclination. However, it was affected during peak 
      ground reaction force (GRF) starting at 7.5 degrees  towards 10 degrees  for both walking 
      conditions. The most affected PSI was found at anterior-posterior PSI (APSI) even 
      as low as 5 degrees  inclination during both incline and decline walking. On the other 
      hand, DPSI was not affected during both walking conditions. Furthermore, COP-COM 
      distance was most affected during decline walking in anterior-posterior 
      direction. The findings of this research indicate that in order to decrease the 
      risk of falling and manage the inclination demand, a suitable walking strategy 
      and improved safety measures should be applied during slope walking, particularly 
      for decline and anterior-posterior orientations. This study also provides 
      additional understanding on the best incline walking technique for secure and 
      practical incline locomotion.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Noor Arifah Azwani Abdul Yamin et al.
FAU - Abdul Yamin, Noor Arifah Azwani
AU  - Abdul Yamin NAA
AD  - Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
FAU - Basaruddin, Khairul Salleh
AU  - Basaruddin KS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9806-3565
AD  - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
AD  - Medical Devices and Health Sciences, Sports Engineering Research Center (SERC), 
      Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
FAU - Abu Bakar, Shahriman
AU  - Abu Bakar S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4834-4828
AD  - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
AD  - Center of Excellence Automotive & Motorsport (MoTECH), Universiti Malaysia Perlis 
      02600 Pauh Putra, Perlis, Malaysia.
FAU - Salleh, Ahmad Faizal
AU  - Salleh AF
AD  - Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
AD  - Medical Devices and Health Sciences, Sports Engineering Research Center (SERC), 
      Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
FAU - Mat Som, Mohd Hanafi
AU  - Mat Som MH
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8953-2035
AD  - Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
AD  - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
FAU - Yazid, Haniza
AU  - Yazid H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1760-2473
AD  - Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
AD  - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 
      Pauh Putra 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.
FAU - Hoang, Tien-Dat
AU  - Hoang TD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7319-4024
AD  - Faculty of International Training, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai 
      Nguyen, Vietnam.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20221012
PL  - England
TA  - J Healthc Eng
JT  - Journal of healthcare engineering
JID - 101528166
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Humans
MH  - Friction
MH  - *Postural Balance/physiology
MH  - *Gait/physiology
MH  - Walking/physiology
MH  - Accidental Falls/prevention & control
MH  - Biomechanical Phenomena
PMC - PMC9581656
COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2022/10/25 06:00
MHDA- 2022/10/26 06:00
PMCR- 2022/10/12
CRDT- 2022/10/24 03:57
PHST- 2022/03/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/09/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/09/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/10/24 03:57 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/10/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/10/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/10/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2022/7716821 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Healthc Eng. 2022 Oct 12;2022:7716821. doi: 10.1155/2022/7716821. eCollection 
      2022.