Neurological diseases, particularly in the context of aging, have serious impacts on quality of
life and can negatively affect bone health. The brain-bone axis is critically important for …

New Findings What is the topic of this review? This narrative review explores past and
recent findings on the mechanical determinants of energy cost during human locomotion …

Techniques proposed for assisting locomotion with exoskeletons have often included a
combination of active work input and passive torque support, but the physiological effects of …

Background. A higher energy cost of walking poststroke has been linked to reduced walking
performance and reduced participation in the community. Objective. To determine the …

This study aimed to investigate the effects of lower limbs muscles' strength, balance,
walking, and quality of life through sit-to-stand training combined with real-time visual …

Aim: To investigate mechanical work, efficiency, and antagonist muscle co‐activation with a
view to better understand the cause of the elevated metabolic cost of walking (CW) in older …

The human ankle produces a large burst of 'push-off'mechanical power late in the stance
phase of walking, reduction of which leads to considerably poorer energy economy. It is …

A human walker vaults up and over each stance limb like an inverted pendulum. This
similarity suggests that the vertical motion of a walker's center of mass reduces metabolic …

Anatomically-relevant (AR) biomechanical models are traditionally used to quantify joint
powers and segmental energies of lower extremity structures during gait. While AR models …

Fatone S, Gard SA, Malas BS. Effect of ankle-foot orthosis alignment and foot-plate length on
the gait of adults with poststroke hemiplegia. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of ankle …