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BULETINUL INSTITUTULUI POLITEHNIC DIN IAŞI<br />

Publicat de<br />

<strong>Universitatea</strong> <strong>Tehnică</strong> „Gheorghe Asachi“ <strong>din</strong> Iaşi,<br />

Tomul LVIII (LXII), Fasc. 4, 2012<br />

Secţia<br />

CONSTRUCŢII DE MAŞINI<br />

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF ANKLE<br />

JOINT – 3D BIOMECHANICS MODEL<br />

BY<br />

VICTOR COTOROS and EMIL BUDESCU ∗<br />

Received July 20, 2012<br />

Accepted for publication: November 10, 2012<br />

“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi,<br />

Department of Mechanisms Theory and Robotics<br />

Abstract. The paper presents three-dimensional dynamic model of the<br />

ankle joint, considering the independent movements the dorsal-plantar flexion<br />

and the inversion-eversion. Internal forces which acting on the foot were reduced<br />

in the ankle joint center to a single force and a moment of force. Using inverse<br />

dynamic analysis were written equations of motion of the foot, for four different<br />

positions of contact between foot and ground, during walking. Equations can be<br />

used to determine the resultant force and moment of force of ankle joint,<br />

requiring values of anthropometric characteristics, force and moment of inertia<br />

and the contact force between the foot and the ground.<br />

Key words: biomechanics, ankle joint, 3D structural model, dynamics.<br />

1. Introduction<br />

The goal of the paper is to present a 3D dynamic model of the ankle joint<br />

for determining the resultant force and moment acting on this articulation, in<br />

different stages of the contact between the foot and ground during the gait.<br />

The ankle joint in made by two big articulations, namely: an upper joint<br />

formed by the lower extremities of the shank bones (tibia and fibula) and the<br />

upper face of the talus (talocrural joint) and a lower joint formed by talus and<br />

calcaneus (talocalcanean joint) (Papilian, 1982).<br />

∗ Correspon<strong>din</strong>g author: e-mail: ebudescu2006@yahoo.com

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