By Duangporn Suriyaamarit and Sujitra Boonyong Sit-to-stand movements, where an individual rises from a chair to a standing position, are common daily functional actions. Previous research has demonstrated that the design and...
Read MoreBy Dr Tarun Arora, Dr Alison Oates and Dr Kristin Musselman After someone has injured their spinal cord, the communication between their brain and body is disrupted, which can make movement challenging. In more than half of...
Read MoreBy Liana Tennant Common sense tells us that flip-flops should never be worn in the chemistry lab or when cutting the grass, but could flip-flops increase injury risk in less obvious situations? We were approached by a forensic...
Read MoreBy Dr Keisuke Hirata During walking, the front foot often slips when it comes in contact with a slippery surface (due to oil, water, ice, etc.). If the leading foot slips forward during walking, the body tends to rotate backward...
Read MoreBy Prokopios Antonellis Walking on level ground demands little effort, but walking on grades quickly becomes challenging. Is it possible to minimize energy expenditure with shoe outsoles that offset downhill or uphill grades? We...
Read MoreBy Dr Matthew King Investigations of biomechanics are an ever-growing field of scientific research, with the assessment of “gait” being a popular choice to inform both clinical and experimental directions. However, what cannot...
Read MoreBy Andreas Skiadopoulos Recent investigations have demonstrated that step width variability increases with age, which could be a signal of developing deterioration in gait stability. In the literature, step width variability has...
Read MoreBy Victoria Rapos On a daily basis, individuals are constantly required to avoid another moving person in order to avoid a collision. Successfully avoiding a potential collision requires both walkers to mutually adapt their...
Read MoreBy Dr Chris McCrum. To improve the effectiveness of fall prevention interventions, we need to better understand how to encourage long-term improvements in walking stability. Part of that involves how we train people to cope with...
Read MoreBy Tom Buurke. Humans are unique in their gait, as they walk on two legs instead of four. While two-legged gait is energy efficient, it comes with a higher chance of balance loss. The center of mass is higher and the base of...
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How do we maintain balance? What is our control strategy during upright standing? These questions...
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Individuals with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) usually sustain impairments of the trunk as...
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