Forward Lunge

Split-stance control, front-knee travel, and rear-hip extension.

Run in Capture Lab

Setup

Step length roughly 0.7–0.8× stature
Upright trunk; front heel stays down
Both legs in the sagittal plane of the camera

Scoring rubric

Front knee tracks over the foot
Rear knee lowers under control
Pelvis does not rotate out of plane

Literature

Riemann et al. 2012 — forward lunge joint kinematics and kinetics.

Tracked joints: knee, hip, ankle. The kinematic engine is a teaching model scaled to the active subject. Export CSV from the report for your own processing.