Human Walking is thoroughly revised to reflect recent advances in the study of human locomotion and the clinical use of gait analysis.

Human Walking provides a pragmatic and clinically essential summary of the dynamics of human walking in both health and disease.

Contents

1. Human Locomotion
2. The Evolution of Human Walking
3. Kinematics of Normal Human Walking
4. Kinetics of Normal Walking
5. Energetics of Walking
6. Muscle Activity During Walking
7. Development of Gait
8. Gait Adaptations in Adulthood: Pregnancy, Aging, and Alcoholism
9. Walking for Health
10. Gait Analysis: Clinical Decision Making
11. Lower Limb Prostheses: Implications and Applications
12. Simulation of Walking
13. The Next Step: Restoring Walking After Paralysis
14. Human Walking: Six Take-Home Lessons

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