Data for Influence of low-frequency vertical vibration on walking locomotion

Three participants took part in a testing program consisting of walking on a treadmill placed on both stationary and vibrating supporting surfaces. The collected data suggest that an increasing level of vibration results in an increase in step-by-step variability for the majority of parameters. Furthermore, the existence of the self-excited force, previously observed only in numerical simulations of walking on pre-excited bridge decks, was confirmed.

In addition, the deck vibration tended to have a beneficial effect of reducing the net force induced into the structure when walking at a pacing rate close to the vibration frequency. Finally, it was found that the vibration level perceptible by a pedestrian is one to two orders of magnitude larger than that typical of a standing person, and that the sensitivity to vibration decreases as the speed of walking increases.<br><br>The data are provided in form of compressed MAT files.

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