논문 해외 국제전문학술지(SCI급) A comparison of gait characteristics between Korean and Western people for establishing Korean gait reference data
- 학술지 구분 국제전문학술지(SCI급)
- 게재년월 2006-01
- 저자명 Taebeum Ryua, Hwa Soon Choia, Hoonwoo Choib, Min K. Chunga
- 학술지명 International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
- 발행처명 ELSEVIER
- 발행국가 해외
- 논문언어 외국어
- 전체저자수 4
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논문 초록 (Abstract)
It is important to analyze the characteristics of normal gait in clinical and biomechanical aspects. Although gait characteristics can be varied by anthropometric, racial and cultural factors, gait studies have primarily been undertaken in Western countries. The present study conducted a gait analysis for Korean people and compared the gait characteristics with those of Western people. A total of 32 Koreans subjects (20 males and 12 females) participated in the gait experiment and their spatio-temporal and kinematic/kinetic characteristics were analyzed. The comparison of the gait characteristics between Korean and Western people revealed that the stride length and walking speed of Korean subjects were significantly lower than those observed in Western studies by 7–25% and 14–42%, respectively. The knee abduction moment of the Korean subjects was larger than those of Western people, while the other moments (hip moment in the sagittal and frontal plane, knee and ankle moment in the sagittal plane) were smaller than those of Western people. There were also differences in ranges of motion between gait studies; however, most motion patterns and excursions were similar.