Locomotion through the environment is important because movement provides access to
key resources, including food, shelter and mates. Central to many locomotion-focused …

Background: Efficient gait assistance by augmentative exoskeletons depends on reliable
control strategies. While numerous control methods and their effects on the metabolic cost of …

During walking, the elevation angles of the thigh, shank, and foot (ie, the angle between the
segment and the vertical) covary along a characteristic loop constrained on a plane. Here …

Purpose Humans are amongst few animals that step first on the heel, and then roll on the
ball of the foot and toes. While this heel-to-toe rolling pattern has been shown to render an …

When ascending (descending) a slope, positive (negative) work must be performed to
overcome changes in gravitational potential energy at the center of body mass (COM). This …

Background Ageing brings profound changes in walking gait. For example, older adults
reduce the modification of pelvic and trunk kinematics with walking speed. However, the …

Organization of spinal motor output has become of interest for investigating differential
activation of lumbar and sacral motor pools during locomotor tasks. Motor pools are …

Gait is a powerful measurement tool to evaluate the functional decline throughout ageing.
Falls in elderly adults happen mainly during the redirection of the center of mass of the body …

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), which are caused by the degeneration of neurons
and their functions, affect a significant part of the world's population. Although gait disorders …

Purpose Walking against a constant horizontal traction force which either hinders or aids the
motion of the centre of mass of the body (COM) will create a discrepancy between the …