Sponsor
Funding for this project was provided by the Air Force through the SOO Task Number 18 and Topic Title: 3.2.2.2.4 Human Centric ISR Sensors (Grant# AFIT-ENP-13-M-02) as well as the National Science Foundation (Grant# HRD-1240734).
Published In
Journal of Forensic Biomechanics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Subjects
Biomechanics, Terrorism -- Prevention, Kinesiology, Gait in humans
Abstract
This project examines kinematic gait parameters as forensic predictors of the influence associated with individuals carrying concealed weighted packs up to 20% of their body weight. An initial inverse dynamics approach combined with computational algebra provided lower limb joint angles during the stance phase of gait as measured from 12 human subjects during normal walking. The following paper describes the additional biomechanical analysis of the joint angle data to produce kinetic and kinematic parameters further characterizing human motion. Results include the rotational velocities and accelerations of the hip, knee, and ankle as well as inertial moments and kinetic energies produced at these joints. The reported findings indicate a non-statistically significant influence of concealed pack load, body mass index, and gender on joint kinetics (p>0.05). Ratios of loaded to unloaded kinematics, however, identified some statistical influence on gait (p
DOI
10.4172/2090-2697.1000104
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16503
Citation Details
Kohles SS, Barki A, Kendricks KD, Tuttle RF (2014) Biomechanical Analysis of Concealed Pack Load Influences on Terrorist Gait Signatures Derived from Gröbner Basis Theory. Forensic Biomechanics 5: 104.
Description
© 2014 Kohles S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
* Sean S. Kohles is also affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University