Enhanced assessment of human dynamic stability by eliminating the effect of body height: modeling and experiment study

Shengqian Xu, Zhihao Yang, Daoyuan Wang, Shengyu Zhang, Jianwei Lu, Jian Lin and Gangmin Ning

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2023, vol. 26, issue 9, 1044-1054

Abstract: Margin of stability (MOS) is one of the essential indices for evaluating dynamic stability. However, there are indications that MOS was affected by body height and its application in identifying factors on dynamic stability other than body height is restricted. An inverted pendulum model was used to simulate human walking and investigate the relevance between MOS and body height. Eventually, a height-independent index in dynamic stability assessment (named as Angled Margin of Stability, AMOS) was proposed. For testing, fifteen healthy young volunteers performed walking trials with normal arm swing, holding arms, and anti-normal arm swing. Kinematic parameters were recorded using a gait analysis system with a Microsoft Kinect V2.0 and instrumented walkway. Both simulation and test results show that MOS had a significant correlation with height during walking with normal arm swing, while AMOS had no such significant correlation. Walking with normal arm swing produced significantly larger AMOS than holding arms and anti-normal arm swing. However, no significant difference showed up in MOS between normal arm swing and holding arms. The results suggest that AMOS is not affected by body height and has the potential to identify the variations in dynamic stability caused by physiological factors other than body height.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2022.2104606

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