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Reinhard Blickhan
Researcher at University of Jena
Publications - 177
Citations - 10931
Reinhard Blickhan is an academic researcher from University of Jena. The author has contributed to research in topics: Isometric exercise & Ground reaction force. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 173 publications receiving 10016 citations. Previous affiliations of Reinhard Blickhan include Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences & Saarland University.
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The spring mass model for running and hopping
TL;DR: The model predicts the mass specific energy fluctuations of the center of mass per distance to be similar for runners and hoppers and similar to empirical data obtained for animals of various size.
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Compliant leg behaviour explains basic dynamics of walking and running
TL;DR: A simple bipedal spring–mass model is shown that not stiff but compliant legs are essential to obtain the basic walking mechanics and reproduces the characteristic stance dynamics that result in the observed small vertical oscillation of the body and the observed out-of-phase changes in forward kinetic and gravitational potential energies.
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Similarity in multilegged locomotion: Bouncing like a monopode
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TL;DR: Comparison of dimensionless parameters revealed that locomotor dynamics depend on gait and leg number and not on body mass, and Relative stiffness per leg was similar for all animals and appears to be a very conservative quantity in the design of legged locomotor systems.
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A movement criterion for running.
TL;DR: Mechanically self-stabilized running requires a spring-like leg operation, a minimum running speed and a proper adjustment of leg stiffness and angle of attack, which can be considered as a movement criterion for running.
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Hopping frequency in humans: a test of how springs set stride frequency in bouncing gaits.
TL;DR: This work hypothesized that animals select the stride frequency at which they behave most like simple spring-mass systems, and tested the hypothesis by having humans hop forward on a treadmill over a range of speeds and hop in place over arange of frequencies.