ABSTRACT
This chapter covers basic methodological issues in the study of human locomotion, in which the measurement of kinematic and kinetic (Section 2.1) and myoelectric (Sections 2.2 and 2.3) quantities are relevant. These methodological issues offer a theoretical framework in which the results of measurement methods-to be described later-may be interpreted. Biomechanical aspects are presented in the form of a comprehensive summary in Sections 2.1 (the body as a whole) and 2.3 (the skeletal muscle). Neurophysiological aspects of locomotion are also described, illustratively (Section 2.2).
