Abstract
In this paper, the characteristics during human gait stopping are analyzed by two methods, experiment and simulation. In the experiment, two force plates were used to measure the force to each leg separately. A simple model consisting of a rigid body and two massless legs was used in the simulation. Parameter values characterizing the process such as the motion of the point of application supporting times, and step lengths were measured and analyzed by the regression method. The input data for the simulation were determined based on this experimental analysis.
It was assumed that the stopping process required two steps after the steady state. The simulation results are quantitatively compared with the characteristics of the point of application measured experimentally. The comparison shows that the simulation method is appropriate.
