Control of human gait stability through foot placement

SM Bruijn, JH Van Dieën - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
During human walking, the centre of mass (CoM) is outside the base of support for most of
the time, which poses a challenge to stabilizing the gait pattern. Nevertheless, most of us are …

Methods for evaluating gait associated dynamic balance and coordination in rodents

AD Modi, A Parekh, ZH Patel - Behavioural Brain Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Balance is the dynamic and unconscious control of the body's centre of mass to maintain
postural equilibrium. Regulated by the vestibular system, head movement and acceleration …

Neural control of balance during walking

H Reimann, T Fettrow, ED Thompson… - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Neural control of standing balance has been extensively studied. However, most falls occur
during walking rather than standing, and findings from standing balance research do not …

Noisy vestibular stimulation improves dynamic walking stability in bilateral vestibulopathy

M Wuehr, E Nusser, J Decker, S Krafczyk, A Straube… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine the effects of imperceptible levels of white noise galvanic vestibular
stimulation (nGVS) on dynamic walking stability in patients with bilateral vestibulopathy …

Complementary mechanisms for upright balance during walking

H Reimann, TD Fettrow, ED Thompson, P Agada… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Lateral balance is a critical factor in keeping the human body upright during walking. Two
important mechanisms for balance control are the stepping strategy, in which the foot …

Learning to stand with unexpected sensorimotor delays

BG Rasman, PA Forbes, RM Peters, O Ortiz, I Franks… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Human standing balance relies on self-motion estimates that are used by the nervous
system to detect unexpected movements and enable corrective responses and adaptations …

Noise-enhanced vestibular input improves dynamic walking stability in healthy subjects

M Wuehr, E Nusser, S Krafczyk, A Straube, T Brandt… - Brain stimulation, 2016 - Elsevier
Background White noise galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) is thought to enhance the
sensitivity of vestibular organs. Objective To examine the effects of noise-enhanced …

Task, muscle and frequency dependent vestibular control of posture

PA Forbes, GP Siegmund, AC Schouten… - Frontiers in integrative …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The vestibular system is crucial for postural control; however there are considerable
differences in the task dependence and frequency response of vestibular reflexes in …

Noisy vestibular stimulation increases gait speed in normals and in bilateral vestibulopathy

S Iwasaki, C Fujimoto, N Egami, M Kinoshita, F Togo… - Brain stimulation, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Galvanic vestibular stimulation delivered as zero-mean current noise (noisy
GVS) has been shown to improve static and dynamic postural stability probably by …

Head motion predictability explains activity-dependent suppression of vestibular balance control

H Dietrich, F Heidger, R Schniepp, PR MacNeilage… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Vestibular balance control is dynamically weighted during locomotion. This might result from
a selective suppression of vestibular inputs in favor of a feed-forward balance regulation …