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Application of engineering in the study of human locomotion

Engineering methods for measuring kinetic and myoelectric quantities used in the study of human locomotion are briefly described and illustrated. These methods, combined with those to capture movement kinematics, serve to provide objective quantitative diagnostics of particular locomotor patterns. The approach is used in various medical subfields, as well as in sports science, kinesiology, and ergonomics. In the process of diagnostics, quantitative measurement data, appropriately processed, combine with traditional expert knowledge. Contributions, during the last decade, to teaching curricula at the University of Zagreb are noted, by introducing new elective under- and post-graduate courses for electrical and computer engineers and for medical doctors. Comprehensive education programs for biomedical and clinical engineers have yet to be developed.

locomotion; engineering; biomechanics; kinesiology; biomedical engineering; signal processing

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