Ramp Walking Biomechanics Data from 13 Volunteers Across Inclinations

Biomechanical data from thirteen healthy volunteers walking on an instrumented ramp at inclinations of 0°, 7.5°, and 10°. Data includes raw and processed files from a 3D marker-based gait system and three force plates, covering twelve trials per condition for most participants. The dataset was published by Johanna Vielemeyer in 2026 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling lower-limb joint kinetics and kinematics based on 3D marker and force plate data.
• Analyzing gait adaptation to inclinations based on trials at 0°, 7.5°, and 10° ramp angles.
• Developing algorithms for gait event detection based on ground reaction force data from consecutive force plates.
• Comparing processed biomechanical variables across walking directions (up vs. down) for the same inclination.

Strengths

• Includes data from thirteen participants with detailed anthropometrics (mean age 28.2 ± 4.7 years, body mass 73.3 ± 12.4 kg, height 1.78 ± 0.09 m).
• Provides three levels of data processing: raw C3D files, exported TXT files, and calculated NPZ files with biomechanical variables.
• Covers multiple experimental conditions with up to twelve trials per participant per ramp inclination.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale machine learning.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to a specific, small volunteer group of healthy individuals.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected using a 3D marker-based gait system with ten infrared cameras, two video cameras, and three consecutive force plates on a 6-meter instrumented ramp.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 06:44:44; freshness should be verified.