TY - JOUR AU - Abe, Daijiro AU - Fukuoka, Yoshiyuki AU - Horiuchi, Masahiro PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/30 TI - On the simple calculation of walking efficiency without kinematic information for its convenient use JO - Journal of Physiological Anthropology SP - 17 VL - 38 IS - 1 AB - Since walking is a daily activity not to require the maximal effort in healthy populations, a very few universal bio-parameters and/or methods have been defined to evaluate individual walking characteristics in those populations. A concept of “economy” is a potential candidate; however, walking economy highly depends on speed, so direct comparisons of economy values are difficult between studies. We investigated whether the vertical component of net walking “efficiency” (Effvert; %) is constant across speed. In that case, direct comparisons of Effvert will be possible between studies or individuals at any voluntary speed. SN - 1880-6805 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-019-0211-4 DO - 10.1186/s40101-019-0211-4 ID - Abe2019 ER -