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FIG 5.33
Young woman walk
sequence on a flat surface.
The energy cost to a body is less when it's walking downhill than when it's
walking on a level surface. As you would expect, the energy cost becomes
even greater when we walk up a slope or up steps than when we walk on a
flat surface. The gait of a moving figure changes with the angle of the surface
the figure walks on. While we're walking up a slope, our stride length may
shorten slightly but remain quite wide, though this width shortens as the
slope becomes steeper. The body is thrown forward slightly, and once again
the inclined angle of the body increases as the angle of the slope increases.
FIG 5.34
Young man walking up
a slope.
