Broad Audience Title
The Energy Cost of Walking with Step Length Variability
Scientific Title
The Metabolic Cost of Walking with Variable Step Lengths
Biomedicine/Biosystems
2021
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this product is to illustrate the importance of understanding gait variability and quantifying the metabolic cost of walking with variable step lengths. Gait is an important indicator of health and function in humans. By learning more about gait variability, we can understand the challenges this population faces on a daily basis.
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Problem Keywords
walking
step length
energy
Scientific Keywords
gait variability
metabolic cost
step-to-step variation
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