Faculty Advisor
Savilonis, Brian James
Abstract
Every year, sixty-five percent of runners experience injury. This study looked to correlate the effects of spinal rotation with the impact forces on the feet and knees while jogging. For a group of 12 runners, force sensors, a spinal rotation device, and video were used for data collection. A musculoskeletal model used the resulting values to solve for the forces on the feet and knee joints. The results could not conclude that forces were reduced with increased spinal rotation.
Publisher
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Accepted
April 2011
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Major
Biomedical Engineering
Project Type
Major Qualifying Project
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Advisor Department
Mechanical Engineering