Initiation and control of gait from first principles: a mathematically animated model of the foot

Dissertation, Eschewed (2001)
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The initiation of bipedal gait is a willed action that causes a body at rest to move. Newton's first principle of motion is applied to experimental footprint data. leading to the premise that the big toe is the source of the body action force that initiates and controls bipedal gait.

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