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Placing the trailing foot closer to an obstacle reduces flexion of the hip, knee, and ankle to increase the risk of tripping.
Journal of Biomechanics 1998 August
This study was performed to test the hypothesis that reducing the horizontal distance between the trailing foot (foot crossing the obstacle last) and obstacle, during stance just prior to stepping over the obstacle, would reduce flexion of the hip, knee, and ankle joints of the trailing limb when the toe is over the obstacle to reduce the vertical toe-obstacle clearance and increase the risk of tripping. Fourteen healthy young adults stepped over an obstacle of 51, 102, 153, and 204 mm height in a self-selected manner (i.e., toe-obstacle distance was not controlled) and for toe-obstacle distance targets of 10, 20, 30, and 40% of their step lengths measured during unobstructed gait. The reductions in toe-obstacle distance resulted in linear decreases in flexion of the hip, knee, and ankle when the toe was over the obstacle. Toe-obstacle clearance of the trailing limb decreased significantly as toe-obstacle distance decreased. The reductions in toe-obstacle distance led to contact of the trailing (but not the leading) foot with the obstacle, the closer the obstacle the greater the number of contacts. The reductions also resulted in linear decreases in swing time of the trailing limb from toe-off to when the toe was over the obstacle. The height of the hip was not affected by toe-obstacle distance. Angular velocity of knee flexion was found to increase linearly as toe-obstacle distance decreased and appears to be of primary importance in avoiding obstacle contact.
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