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Historical highlights<br />

The XIX th Century: the gait century<br />

Chronophotography<br />

Historical highlights<br />

The XIX th Century: the gait century<br />

Muybridge (1830-1904)<br />

Historical highlights<br />

The XIX th Century: the gait century<br />

Historical highlights<br />

The XIX th Century: the gait century<br />

Animal Locomotion<br />

Animals in Locomotion<br />

The Human Figure in Motion<br />

Muybridge (1830-1904)<br />

Wilhelm Braune & Otto Fischer (1891) – Conducted the first 3D analysis of human gate, making precise<br />

mathematical analysis possible. They used night photographs of light tubes over a black suit.<br />

They used night photographs of light tubes over a<br />

black suit. The preparation of each subject took<br />

8h.<br />

The CG and moments of inertia of the body and all segments were calculated experimentally, with the use<br />

of two frozen cadavers<br />

Braune died after data collection and Fischer took<br />

several years to complete data processing, which<br />

is now performed in REAL TIME<br />

Der Gang des Menschen (1895-1904)

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