Center of mass of human's body segments

• Autorzy: Adolphe M. , Clerval J. , Kirchof Z. , Lacombe-Delpech R. , Zagrodny B.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In biomechanics, determination of the body’s center of mass has always been an important part of many biomechanical studies. However, it is always a challenge to find it and often obtained results are only estimations, guesses. Indeed, to find someone’s body center of mass isn’t as easy as finding center of mass of simple rigid objects with uniform density, where it usually could be found at the centroid. The human body is different according to the gender, the age, the ethnicity, the physical shape, body fat distribution, etc. As it is composed of bones and muscles, results may differ drastically depending on which muscles are tense or on the body positioning. Nowadays, as a new era of biomechanics is approaching with a superior kind of prosthesis or exoskeletons that calls upon an “augmented humanity”, or even with gait modelling. It is important to find an experimental method that gives precise positioning of such an important data as the center of gravity of body segments, widely available to scientists that would need to go further in their researches, without having to use sophisticated equipment or time-consuming methods.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

biomechanics; center of mass; segmentation method; body segment parameters

PL

biomechanika; środek masy; metoda segmentacji; parametry segmentów ciała

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Łódzkiej
• Czasopismo: Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 21, nr 3
• Strony: 485--497
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 7 poz., fot., kolor., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Adolphe M.

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology

autor

Clerval J.

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology

autor

Kirchof Z.

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology

autor

Lacombe-Delpech R.

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology

autor

Zagrodny B.

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology

Bibliografia

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• [2] Zatsiorsky, V. M., Seluyanov, V. N. and Chugunova, L. G.: Methods of determining mass-inertial characteristics of human body segments, Contemporary Problems of Biomechanics, (Edited by Chemyi G. G. and Regirer, S. A.), CRC Press, Massachusetts, 272-291, 1990.
• [3] de Leva, P.: Adjustments to Zatsiorsky-Seluyanov's segment inertia parameters, Kinesiology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A. 1996.
• [4] https://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/images/Section03/Image68.gif [Access: 14 June 2017]
• [5] http://health.uottawa.ca/biomech/csb/Archives/Zatsiorsky-deLeva.pdf [Access: 14 June 2017]
• [6] http://www.calculator.net/army-body-fat-calculator.html [Access: 14 June 2017]
• [7] Bober T. and Zawadzki J.: Biomechanika układu ruchu człowieka, Wydawnictwo BK, Wrocław, 2003.

Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).