ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2013
The Effect of a Vertical Load on Gluteus Medius Activity and Gait Characteristics during Walking.
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- Gait differences after ACL reconstruction versus healthy controls: a three-level meta-analysis of kinematics, kinetics, and spatiotemporal parameters.Annals of medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Progressive Changes in Walking Kinematics and Kinetics After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Reconstruction: A Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of athletic training · 2017Pooled it
- Biomechanical Effects of a Passive Lower-Limb Exoskeleton Designed for Half-Sitting Work Support on Walking.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Long-term locked knee ankle foot orthosis use: A perspective overview of iatrogenic biomechanical and physiological perils.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- The effects of ankle weight loading on the walking factors of adults without symptoms.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Muscle activity of the gluteus medius at different gait speeds.Journal of physical therapy science · 2014Article
- Comparison of the activity of the gluteus medius according to the angles of inclination of a treadmill with vertical load.Journal of physical therapy science · 2014Article
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Abstract
[Purpose] The present study examined the activity and the gait characteristics of the gluteus medius and the trunk stability muscles during the stance phase of gait on level ground when a vertical load corresponding to 0%, 1%, or 2% of body weight was placed on the lower extremities during the swing phase of the gait. [Methods] The subjects were 40 young males aged between 21 and 30 years. The vertical load, corresponding to 0%, 1%, 2% of weight, which was measured with an electronic scale, was placed bilaterally 3 cm above from the upper part of the lateral malleous. Electrodes were symmetrically attached to the gluteus medius, erector spinae, external oblique, and internal oblique muscles. [Results] There were significant differences in the activities of the left gluteus medius, bilateral external oblique, and right internal oblique muscles among the vertical loads of 0%, 1%, and 2% during gait. [Conclusion] Increases in vertical load were accompanied by changes in the activities of the internal and external oblique abdominal muscles to ensure the stability of the trunk under the different loads. Gait was only possible with the activity of the gluteus medius muscle and the trunk muscles resisting the different vertical loads rather than activating other muscles of the lower extremities in terms of energy efficiency.
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