A public dataset of overground and treadmill walking kinematics and kinetics in healthy individuals

Author(s)

Fukuchi, Claudiane A. ^[1] ; Fukuchi, Reginaldo K. ^[2] ; Duarte, Marcos ^{[1, 2]}

Affiliation

^[1] Fed Univ ABC, Neurosci & Cognit Program, Sao Bernardo Do Campo - Brazil

^[2] Fed Univ ABC, Biomed Engn Program, Sao Bernardo Do Campo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PeerJ; v. 6, APR 24 2018.
• Web of Science Citations: 12

Abstract

In a typical clinical gait analysis, the gait patterns of pathological individuals are commonly compared with the typically faster, comfortable pace of healthy subjects. However, due to potential bias related to gait speed, this comparison may not be valid. Publicly available gait datasets have failed to address this issue. Therefore, the goal of this study was to present a publicly available dataset of 42 healthy volunteers (24 young adults and 18 older adults) who walked both overground and on a treadmill at a range of gait speeds. Their lower-extremity and pelvis kinematics were measured using a three-dimensional (3D) motion-capture system. The external forces during both overground and treadmill walking were collected using force plates and an instrumented treadmill, respectively. The results include both raw and processed kinematic and kinetic data in different file formats: c3d and ASCII files. In addition, a metadata file is provided that contain demographic and anthropometric data and data related to each file in the dataset. All data are available at Figshare (DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5722711). We foresee several applications of this public dataset, including to examine the influences of speed, age, and environment (overground vs. treadmill) on gait biomechanics, to meet educational needs, and, with the inclusion of additional participants, to use as a normative dataset. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/14810-0 - Biomechanical and functional aspects of the musculoskeletal system of runners: chronic effects of therapeutic exercise and aging
• Grantee: Isabel de Camargo Neves Sacco
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 14/13502-7 - Effect of the velocity of locomotion in gait movement pattern of young adults and elderly individuals: experimental study, computational simulation and creation of public database
• Grantee: Claudiane Arakaki Fukuchi
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)