Background: Lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmills can be used in rehabilitation programs and/or to supplement tun mileage in healthy runners by reducing the effective body weight and impact associated with...Background: Lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmills can be used in rehabilitation programs and/or to supplement tun mileage in healthy runners by reducing the effective body weight and impact associated with running. The purpose of this study is to determine if body weight support influences the stride length (SL)-velocity as well as leg impact acceleration relationship during running. Methods: Subjects (n = 10, 21.4 ± 2.0 years, 72.4 ± 10.3 kg, 1.76 ± 0.09 m) completed 16 run conditions consisting of specific body weight support and velocity combinations. Velocities tested were 100%, 110%, 120%, and 130% of the preferred velocity (2.75± 0.36 m/s). Body weight support conditions consisted of 0, 60%,5, 70%, and 80% body weight support. SL and leg impact accelerations were determined using a light-weight accelerometer mounted on the surface of the anterior-distal aspect of the tibia. A 4 × 4 (velocity x body weight support) repeated measures ANOVA was used for each dependent variable (a = 0.05). Results: Neither SL nor leg impact acceleration were influenced by the interaction of body weight support and velocity (p 〉 0.05). SL was least during no body weight support (p 〈 0.05) but not different between 60%, 70%, and 80% support (p 〉 0.05). Leg impact acceleration was greatest during no body weight support (p 〈 0.05) but not different between 60%, 70%, and 80% support (p 〉 0.05). SL and leg impact accelerations increased with velocity regardless of support (p 〈 0.05). Conclusion: The relationships between SL and leg impact accelerations with velocity were not influenced by body weight support.展开更多
The truncation error and propagation error are analyzed for velocity determination through differential GPS carrier phase observations,and an approach for the choice of the best number of points for the central differ...The truncation error and propagation error are analyzed for velocity determination through differential GPS carrier phase observations,and an approach for the choice of the best number of points for the central difference method is developed.In order to overcome the disadvantages of existing GPS velocity determination methods,a new velocity determination algorithm is presented,based on combining carrier phase and Doppler observations.The basic idea is that two types of observation are combined by adding their normal equations,and their weights are evaluated by strict Helmet variance-components estimation.In order to control the influence of outliers,a bifactor equivalent weights strategy is adopted.To validate this method,GPS data of the airborne gravimetry campaign MEXAGE2001 is tested.The results show that the precision and reliability of velocity determination are obviously improved by using the proposed method.展开更多
文摘Background: Lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmills can be used in rehabilitation programs and/or to supplement tun mileage in healthy runners by reducing the effective body weight and impact associated with running. The purpose of this study is to determine if body weight support influences the stride length (SL)-velocity as well as leg impact acceleration relationship during running. Methods: Subjects (n = 10, 21.4 ± 2.0 years, 72.4 ± 10.3 kg, 1.76 ± 0.09 m) completed 16 run conditions consisting of specific body weight support and velocity combinations. Velocities tested were 100%, 110%, 120%, and 130% of the preferred velocity (2.75± 0.36 m/s). Body weight support conditions consisted of 0, 60%,5, 70%, and 80% body weight support. SL and leg impact accelerations were determined using a light-weight accelerometer mounted on the surface of the anterior-distal aspect of the tibia. A 4 × 4 (velocity x body weight support) repeated measures ANOVA was used for each dependent variable (a = 0.05). Results: Neither SL nor leg impact acceleration were influenced by the interaction of body weight support and velocity (p 〉 0.05). SL was least during no body weight support (p 〈 0.05) but not different between 60%, 70%, and 80% support (p 〉 0.05). Leg impact acceleration was greatest during no body weight support (p 〈 0.05) but not different between 60%, 70%, and 80% support (p 〉 0.05). SL and leg impact accelerations increased with velocity regardless of support (p 〈 0.05). Conclusion: The relationships between SL and leg impact accelerations with velocity were not influenced by body weight support.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development of China (Grant No.2006AA12Z22)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.40604003)+1 种基金the Foundation for Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (Grant No.2007B51)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No.20080430148,2009020444)
文摘The truncation error and propagation error are analyzed for velocity determination through differential GPS carrier phase observations,and an approach for the choice of the best number of points for the central difference method is developed.In order to overcome the disadvantages of existing GPS velocity determination methods,a new velocity determination algorithm is presented,based on combining carrier phase and Doppler observations.The basic idea is that two types of observation are combined by adding their normal equations,and their weights are evaluated by strict Helmet variance-components estimation.In order to control the influence of outliers,a bifactor equivalent weights strategy is adopted.To validate this method,GPS data of the airborne gravimetry campaign MEXAGE2001 is tested.The results show that the precision and reliability of velocity determination are obviously improved by using the proposed method.