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Fig. 6 | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Fig. 6

From: The effects of ankle stiffness on mechanics and energetics of walking with added loads: a prosthetic emulator study

Fig. 6

Results from the Linear Mixed Models for the ankle-foot, knee, and hip positive work on both the ipsilateral and contralateral side. Each open circle is a participant’s data point. The blue line represents the equation at no load, and the red line represents the equation for the 30% additional load condition. a Ipsilateral hip positive work (WIPS _ HIP) per stride was predicted by the interaction of stiffness (k) and load (l) as well as stiffness squared (k2) and load WIPS _ HIP = 0.293 + 0.026 ∙ kl − 0.128 ∙ k2l (b) Ipsilateral knee positive work (WIPS _ KNEE) per stride was predicted by the load, the interaction of stiffness and load and the interaction of stiffness squared and load WIPS _ KNEE = 0.219 − 0.007 ∙ l + 0.144 ∙ kl − 0.584 ∙ k2l (c) Prosthetic ankle-foot positive work (WPRO _ ANK _ FT) was predicted by stiffness and load WPRO _ ANK _ FT = 0.244 + 0.002 ∙ l − 0.661 ∙ k (d) Contralateral hip work (WCON _ HIP) was predicted by the interaction of stiffness and load as well as the interaction of stiffness squared and load WCON _ HIP = 0.319 + 0.038 ∙ kl − 0.208 ∙ k2l (e) Contralateral knee work (WCON _ KNEE) was predicted by stiffness squared and load. WCON _ KNEE = 0.223 + 0.001 ∙ l − 1.293 ∙ k2 (f) Contralateral ankle foot positive work (WCON _ ANK _ FT) was predicted by the interaction of stiffness and load and the interaction of stiffness squared and load WCON _ ANK _ FT = 0.208 + 0.016 ∙ kl − 0.057 ∙ k2l

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