Human Walking Locomotion Data on Solid Ground and Sand

Dataset of paper "Biomechanical Comparison of Human Walking Locomotion on Solid Ground and Sand". A novel dataset containing 3-dimensional motion and biomechanical data from 20 able-bodied adults for locomotion on solid ground and sand are collected and shared. We presented the data collection methods, explained the structure of the open dataset, and reported the sensor data along with the kinematic and kinetic profiles of joint biomechanics in our paper. A comprehensive analysis of human gait and joint stiffness profiles is also presented. The kinematic and kinetic analysis reveals that human walking locomotion on sand shows different ground reaction forces and joint torque profiles compared to those from walking on solid ground. These gait differences reflect that humans adopt motion strategies for yielding terrain conditions like sand. The dataset also provides locomotion data for researchers to study human activity recognition and assistive devices for walking on different terrain conditions.