TY - GEN
T1 - DYNAMICS OF MARCHING WITH VARYING BACKPACK LOADING
AU - Quesada, Peter M.
AU - Mengelkoch, Larry J.
AU - Hale, Robert C.
AU - Simon, Sheldon R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1996 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). All rights reserved.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The investigation reported here was undertaken to obtain an improved understanding of kinematic, kinetic, and physiologic effects of marching with varying backpack loading. In addition to addressing the effects of load magnitude, we attempted to consider also biomechanical and phyisiologic changes from the beginning to the latter portion of a march. Such knowledge could be of potential value in development of training protocols that may reduce overuse injury risk, while still fostering desired conditioning. We obtained kinematic and kinetic data for twelve young, healthy adult males walking with the military's ACLICE backpack system loaded to 0%, 15%, and 30% of body weight. For each backpack load, biomechanical data were obtained before and after treadmill simulated marches. In addition, various physiological variables were measured during each treadmill march.
AB - The investigation reported here was undertaken to obtain an improved understanding of kinematic, kinetic, and physiologic effects of marching with varying backpack loading. In addition to addressing the effects of load magnitude, we attempted to consider also biomechanical and phyisiologic changes from the beginning to the latter portion of a march. Such knowledge could be of potential value in development of training protocols that may reduce overuse injury risk, while still fostering desired conditioning. We obtained kinematic and kinetic data for twelve young, healthy adult males walking with the military's ACLICE backpack system loaded to 0%, 15%, and 30% of body weight. For each backpack load, biomechanical data were obtained before and after treadmill simulated marches. In addition, various physiological variables were measured during each treadmill march.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE1996-1325
DO - 10.1115/IMECE1996-1325
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85169298218
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 483
EP - 484
BT - Advances in Bioengineering
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1996
Y2 - 17 November 1996 through 22 November 1996
ER -