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Birrell, Stewart A. and Haslam, Roger A. (2008) The influence of rifle carriage on the kinetics of human gait. Ergonomics, Vol.51 (No.6). pp. 816-826. doi:10.1080/00140130701811859 ISSN 0014-0139.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140130701811859
Abstract
The influence that rifle carriage has on human gait has received little attention in the published literature. Rifle carriage has two main effects, to add load to the anterior of the body and to restrict natural arm swing patterns. Kinetic data were collected from 15 male participants, with 10 trials in each of four experimental conditions. The conditions were: walking without a load (used as a control condition); carrying a lightweight rifle
simulator, which restricted arm movements but applied no additional load; wearing a 4.4 kg diving belt, which allowed arms to move freely; carrying a weighted (4.4 kg)
replica SA80 rifle. Walking speed was fixed at 1.5 m/s (+5%) and data were sampled at 400 Hz. Results showed that rifle carriage significantly alters the ground reaction forces produced during walking, the most important effects being an increase in the impact peak and mediolateral forces. This study suggests that these effects are due to the increased range of motion of the body’s centre of mass caused by the impeding of natural arm swing patterns. The subsequent effect on the potential development of injuries in rifle carriers is unknown.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ergonomics | ||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0014-0139 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.51 | ||||
| Number: | No.6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 816-826 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/00140130701811859 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 December 2015 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2015 |
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