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                                                             displace-  not  are


                                                   100       vertical  y NO-KF (t)

                                                   90
                                                             The      and
                                                   80
                                                             (A)
                                                   70        shift.   y NO-PO (t)
                                y NO-KF (t)        60        phase    of

                                                   50  % Gait cycle  a  values

                                                   40        introduce
                                y TRUNK (t)     Single  support  30   peak-to-peak

                                           y KF (t)  20      BCOM—they  The

                                                Double  support  10

                       70  60  50  40  30  20  10  0  –10  –20  –30 0  vertical  1997a,b).
                                                          (B)
                                             Vertical displacement (mm)
                                                   100       increase ment of the body center of mass, y TRUNK (t), the vertical displacement of the body center of mass due to pelvic obliquity, y PO (t), and the vertical displacement of the body center of mass without pelvic obliquity, y NO-PO (t). (B) The vertical displacement of the body ce
                                                   90
                                                             not      and
                                                   80
                                                             do
                                                   70                 y NO-KF (t)(Gard
                                y NO-PO (t)        60        obliquity


                                                   50  % Gait cycle  pelvic  flexion,
                                                   40        and
                                y TRUNK (t)     Single  support  30  flexion  knee  y TRUNK (t).

                                           y PO (t)  20      knee     stance-phase  from

                                                Double  support  10     different

                      70  60  50  40  30  20  10  0  –10  –20  –30 0  Stance-phase  without
                                                          (A)
                                             Vertical displacement (mm)
                                                             3        mass  significantly
                                                             Fig.     of
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