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PhD Fekete - SZIE version - 2.2 - Szent István Egyetem

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Materials and Methods<br />

β [º]<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

-20<br />

-40<br />

-60<br />

Flexion angle [˚]<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160<br />

Average β function<br />

Standard deviation<br />

Experimental data of β<br />

Van Eijden et al.<br />

Wimmer and Andriacchi<br />

Victor et al.<br />

Figure 3.26. Dimensionless β function<br />

The results were compared to the results of other authors in case of the β(α) function. As it is<br />

seen, the correlation between the own measured results, the results of other authors<br />

[Van Eijden et al., 1986, Wimmer and Andriacchi, 1997, Victor et al., 2010] is remarkably<br />

good.<br />

The higher deviation of the λ 1 (α) , λ 3 (α) and ø(α) functions can be originated to three factors:<br />

1. The variety of the subjects (regardless of males or females)<br />

2. Small, but inevitable differences in the carried out motion,<br />

3. The constant fluctuation of the center of pressure, which is directly connected to the<br />

center of gravity under standing, walking or squatting movement.<br />

Let us explain these factors in details.<br />

The aim of the experiment was to derive universal descriptive functions with regard to the<br />

horizontal movement of the center of gravity. The obtained results were inspected if noticeable<br />

difference could be observed on the male or female results, but seemingly, they were randomly<br />

located in the data field with similar trend.<br />

Naturally, in contempt of the prescribed three conditions, small differences always appear in<br />

biomechanical measurements, since humans implicitly are not able to carry out a motion exactly<br />

the same way as a machine. This incident obviously increases the standard deviation in the<br />

biomechanical measurements.<br />

To maintain balance, the human body has to move constantly towards a balance point, which<br />

appears physically as a body sway. This neural control [Masani et al., 2006, Loram et al., 2005]<br />

can be perceived as constant fluctuation in the center of pressure. Due to this constant<br />

interference of the neural balance control, more deviation is experienced in the measured data.<br />

Beside these factors, one more remark has to be added.<br />

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