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The thigh angle can be modeled with five significant harmonics, with a regeneration accuracy of over 0.999 correlation and less than 0.5\u00b0 RMSE per stride cycle. Comparable regeneration accuracies can be achieved with nine significant harmonics for the gyro signal. The fundamental frequency of the harmonic model can be estimated using the stride time, with an error level of 0.0479% (\u00b10.0029%). Six commonly observed stride patterns, and harmonic models of thigh angle and gyro signal for those stride patterns, are presented in this paper. These harmonic models can be used to predict or classify the strides of walking trials, and the results are presented herein. Harmonic models may also be used for activity recognition. 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