/*SAS program that produces kinematic displays of knee motion during gait, displayed at http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/pk/kneegraf.htm*/ DATA KNEE; INPUT PERC KNEET2; KNEET1=LAG1(KNEET2); KNEE =LAG2(KNEET2); PERC=PERC-4; /*Taylor series expansion, centered on variable KNEET1, to obtain angular velocities and accelerations. Equations are from Chaffin, D.B., Andersson, G.B.J., & Martin, B.J. (1999). Occupational Biomechanics. 3rd ed. New York, Wiley. p. 142.*/ KNEEVEL=(KNEET2-KNEE)/(2*.02); KNEEACC=(KNEET2+KNEE-(2*kneet1)) / (.02**2); label kneet1='Knee angle during gait' kneevel='Angular velocity' kneeacc='Ang. acceleration' perc='Percentage of gait cycle'; IF PERC GE 0; /*Data are from Winter, D.A. (1987). The Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Gait. (1st ed.). Waterloo, Ontario: University of Waterloo. */ CARDS; 0 6.46 2 7.67 4 9.75 6 12.39 8 15.28 10 17.94 12 20 14 21.25 16 21.74 18 21.61 20 21 22 20.03 24 18.78 26 17.36 28 15.88 30 14.41 32 13.04 34 11.81 36 10.76 38 9.94 40 9.43 42 9.29 44 9.60 46 10.45 48 11.91 50 14.03 52 16.91 54 20.63 56 25.24 58 30.71 60 36.83 62 43.25 64 49.47 66 55.01 68 59.51 70 62.68 72 64.38 74 64.60 76 63.38 78 60.82 80 57 82 52.07 84 46.16 86 39.45 88 32.21 90 24.86 92 17.94 94 12.09 96 7.95 98 5.73 100 5.27 ; PROC GPLOT data=knee; symbol v=plus i=join w=3; PLOT KNEEt1*PERC / vaxis= 0 to 70 by 10 ; PLOT KNEEVEL*PERC / vaxis=-400 to 400 by 100 vref=0 ; PLOT KNEEACC*PERC / vref=0; RUN; quit;