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Investigation of biomechanical strategies increasing walking speed in young children aged 1 to 7 years
Author(s) -
Angèle Van Hamme,
William Samson,
B. Dohin,
Raphaël Dumas,
Laurence Chèze
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
movement and sport sciences - science and motricité
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2118-5743
pISSN - 2118-5735
DOI - 10.1051/sm/2015039
Subject(s) - ankle , physical medicine and rehabilitation , work (physics) , knee joint , physical therapy , joint (building) , biomechanics , medicine , preferred walking speed , orthodontics , engineering , surgery , anatomy , structural engineering , mechanical engineering
For young children, biomechanical joint maturation is achieved at 4 years old for the ankle, at about 6-7 years for the knee, at 6 for the hip. These differences may involve different propulsion strategies with respect to age and particularly to increase walking speed. One hundred and six children are included in the study. Mechanical work during the stance phase was computed and an involvement ratio for each joint was deduced (work of one joint divided by the sum of the works of the three joints). Whatever the age, the biomechanical strategy to increase speed is similar for the positive work: increase of the ankle involvement and decrease of the hip involvement. The negative work is mainly produced by the knee whatever age.Chez le jeune enfant, la maturation articulaire est atteinte à des âges différents pour la cheville (4 ans), le genou (6-7 ans) et la hanche (6 ans). Ces différences peuvent entraîner différentes stratégies de propulsion, en particulier, pour augmenter la vitesse de marche. Cent six enfants sont inclus dans l'étude. Le travail mécanique au cours de la phase d'appui est calculé et le ratio d'implication de chaque articulation est déduit (travail d'une articulation divisé par la somme des travaux des trois articulations). Quel que soit l'âge, la stratégie d'augmentation de vitesse est similaire pour le travail positif : augmentation de l'implication de la cheville, diminution de celle de la hanche. Le travail négatif est principalement fourni par le genou, pour tous les âges

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