Database covering the prayer movements which were not available previously.

Area of Science:

• Biomechanics
• Orthopedic Engineering
• Cultural Anthropology

Background:

• Current lower body implant design relies on standard gait data, potentially not accommodating diverse cultural movement patterns.
• Activities of Daily Living (ADL) in Eastern cultures, including religious rituals (e.g., salat, yoga) and varied sitting postures, impose unique biomechanical demands.
• A significant gap exists in biomechanical databases for these culturally specific ADLs, hindering implant development.

Purpose of the Study:

• To establish a comprehensive online database of lower body biomechanical data for diverse, previously underrepresented Activities of Daily Living (ADL).
• To collect motion capture and force plate data from West and Middle East Asian populations performing culturally specific activities.
• To inform the design and testing of lower body implants that accommodate a wider range of human movement.

Main Methods:

• Development of a data collection protocol for diverse ADLs.
• Recruitment of 200 healthy subjects from West and Middle East Asian populations.
• Utilization of Qualisys and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) motion capture systems, alongside force plates, to record lower body joint kinematics and kinetics.
• Inclusion of 13 distinct activities, including salat, yoga, and various sitting postures.

Main Results:

• Creation of an initial database with data from 50 volunteers performing 13 different activities.
• The database is structured for searching by subject demographics (age, gender, BMI) and activity type.
• Data collection employed advanced motion capture technologies (Qualisys, IMU) and force plates.

Conclusions:

• The developed database provides crucial biomechanical insights into culturally specific ADLs.
• This resource will enable the design of more inclusive and functional lower body implants.
• Future research should expand the database to include a larger, more diverse subject pool and a wider array of activities.