Biomechanics of Walking in Real World: Naturalness we Wish to Reach in Virtual Reality - Human Walking in Virtual Environments - page 58

Table 3.1 Reference values for step length, step frequency, speed and walk ratio for male and female subjects walking at three speeds (slowest to fastest speeds)
Male Female

Step length Step freq. Speed Walk ratio Step length Step freq. Speed Walk ratio

(m) (steps/s) (m/s) (M/steps per s) (m) (steps/s) (m/s) (M/steps per s)

Slowest (std deviation) 0.552 (0.114) 1.390 (0.145) 0.770 (0.188) 0.397 (0.084) 0.582 (0.051) 1.276 (0.130) 0.743 (0.098) 0.462 (0.072)

Preferred (std dev.) 0.664 (0.048) 1.808 (0.127) 1.201 (0.115) 0.366 (0.042) 0.695 (0.058) 1.782 (0.133) 1.242 (0.178) 0.390 (0.030)

Fastest (std dev.) 0.882 (0.810) 2.217 (0.142) 1.958 (0.273) 0.396 (0.030) 0.846 (0.056) 2.253 (0.198) 1.908 (0.233) 0.378 (0.036)

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