BADGER Lab member Heidi Fehr and Prof. Adamczyk collaborated with the Major Lab at Northwestern to publish a paper seeking to understand changes in Dynamic Mean Ankle Moment Arm (DMAMA) in unimpaired individuals as they walked at different speeds, on ramps, and on stairs. Findings suggest that DMAMA varies substantially across activities, and thus, matching DMAMA could be a valuable metric to consider when designing biomimetic assistive lower-limb devices, such as prostheses and orthoses.
Figure from doi: 10.1115/1.4065269
Citation:
Fehr, K. H., Kent, J. A., Major, M. J., and Adamczyk, P. G., 2024, “Changes in Dynamic Mean Ankle Moment Arm in Unimpaired Walking Across Speeds, Ramps, and Stairs,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 146(094501), doi: 10.1115/1.4065269