After decades of evolution, measuring instruments for quantitative gait analysis have
become an important clinical tool for assessing pathologies manifested by gait …

Fields studying movement generation, including robotics, psychology, cognitive science,
and neuroscience utilize concepts and tools related to the pervasiveness of variability in …

Bipedal locomotion is among the most difficult challenges in control engineering. Most
books treat the subject from a quasi-static perspective, overlooking the hybrid nature of …

Fuzzy entropy (FuzzyEn), a new measure of time series regularity, was proposed and
applied to the characterization of surface electromyography (EMG) signals. Similar to the two …

Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivaled
agility and maneuvering characteristics, achieved by functionally versatile dynamic wing …

Falling poses a major threat to the steadily growing population of the elderly in modern-day
society. A major challenge in the prevention of falls is the identification of individuals who …

This study quantified the relationships between local dynamic stability and variability during
continuous overground and treadmill walking. Stride-to-stride standard deviations were …

The popularity of using accelerometer-based systems to quantify human movement patterns
has increased in recent years for clinicians and researchers alike. The benefits of using …

A ubiquitous characteristic of elderly and patients with gait disabilities is that they walk
slower than healthy controls. Many clinicians assume these patients walk slower to improve …

Background. Ambulatory measurements of trunk accelerations can provide valuable
information on the amount and quality of daily-life activities and contribute to the …