How older adults maintain lateral balance while walking on narrowing paths

ME Kazanski, JP Cusumano, JB Dingwell - Gait & Posture, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Older adults have difficulty maintaining side-to-side balance while navigating
daily environments. Losing balance in such circumstances can lead to falls. We need to …

Probability of Lateral Instability While Walking on Winding Paths

AC Render, JP Cusumano, JB Dingwell - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
People with balance impairments often struggle performing turns or lateral maneuvers,
which can increase risk of falls and injuries. Here we asked how people maintain …

Adapting Lateral Stepping Control to Walk on Winding Paths

AC Render, JP Cusumano, JB Dingwell - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Most often, gait biomechanics is studied during straight-ahead walking. However, real-life
walking imposes many turns and/or other maneuvers people must navigate. Such …