A inverse dynamical model for slip gait developed by using Kane’s method of dynamics is described in this paper. The modeling
was based on two separate sub-systems: anti-slip and anti-fall. Both sub-systems were modeled as an open kinematic chain and
formulated using the same equations, so that the whole slip and fall process could be simulated using the same equations by
switching input data. In the simulation, only kinematic data need to be input to obtain the joint moments and horizontal ground
reaction force in the whole slip and fall process. The kinematic input data were acquired from one health male subject who
was asked to perform the normal and slip gait. The anthropometric data for each body segment in the skeletal model was calculated
using the body height, weight and the national standards on inertia parameters regression equations. The kinematic and kinetic
results from the simulation are discussed in the paper which are well consistent with the conclusions in previous studies
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Keywords slip and fall - modeling - human gait - kinetics