Journal of Bionic Engineering ›› 2020, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 591-599.doi: 10.1007/s42235-020-0047-y
A Musculoskeletal Modeling of Hand-foot Crawling with Different Heights
Meng Li1,2, Kuan Wang2,3, Wenxin Niu2,3*, Shengnian Zhang1*
- 1. Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sports, Shanghai 200438, China
2. Yangzi Rehabilitation Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201619, China
3. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 20092, China
A Musculoskeletal Modeling of Hand-foot Crawling with Different Heights
Meng Li1,2, Kuan Wang2,3, Wenxin Niu2,3*, Shengnian Zhang1*#br#
- 1. Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sports, Shanghai 200438, China
2. Yangzi Rehabilitation Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201619, China
3. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 20092, China
摘要： As a bionic therapy, hand-foot crawling has been reported to be used for the rehabilitation of low back pain. However, there have been few relevant biomechanical studies about this type of exercise. The purpose of this study was to calculate muscle activation and lumbar spinal load based on the examined limb kinematics and kinetics, which associated with hand-foot crawling at the different Centre of Mass (CoM) heights. A total of 14 men performed hand-foot crawling at three CoM heights. The kinematics and kinetics data were collected. One-way repeated measure analysis of variance was used to analyze the effect of the CoM height on crawling parameters. The crawling data from one subject at the three heights were used to calculate the muscle activation and compressive lumbar load with an OpenSim musculoskeletal model. The CoM heights had no significant effect on kinematics, kinetics or muscle activation. The spinal load was larger at higher heights. Hand-foot crawling was associated with lower trunk muscle activity. This study helps us to understand hand-foot crawling from the perspective of biomechanics. The findings from this study may help physical therapists choose hand-foot crawling as an appropriate exercise for patients with low back pain during early rehabilitation.