The effect of external lateral stabilization on the use of foot placement to control mediolateral stability in walking and running

The effect of external lateral stabilization on the control of mediolateral stability in walking and running

10.7287/peerj.preprints.27244v3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mohammadreza Mahaki ◽

Sjoerd M Bruijn ◽

Jaap H. van Dieën

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Main Mechanism ◽

Step Width ◽

Normal Walking ◽

Kinematic Data ◽

Foot Placement ◽

Mediolateral Stability

It is still unclear how humans control mediolateral (ML) stability in walking and even more so for running. Here, foot placement strategy as a main mechanism to control ML stability was compared between walking and running. Moreover, to verify the role of foot placement as a means to control ML stability in both modes of locomotion, this study investigated the effect of external lateral stabilization on foot placement control. Ten young adults participated in this study. Kinematic data of the trunk (T6) and feet (heels) were recorded during walking and running on a treadmill in normal and stabilized conditions. Correlation between ML trunk CoM state and subsequent ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were assessed. Paired t-tests (either SPM1d or normal) were used to compare aforementioned parameters between normal walking and running. Two-way repeated measures ANOVAs (either SPM1d or normal) were used to test for effects of walking vs. running and of normal vs. stabilized condition. We found a stronger correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement and significantly higher step width and step width variability in walking than in running. The correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were significantly decreased by external lateral stabilization in walking and running, and this reduction was stronger in walking than in running. We conclude that ML foot placement is coordinated to ML trunk CoM state to stabilize both walking and running and this coordination is stronger in walking than in running.

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The effect of external lateral stabilization on the control of mediolateral stability in walking and running

10.7287/peerj.preprints.27244v2 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mohammadreza Mahaki ◽

Sjoerd M Bruijn ◽

Jaap H. van Dieën

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Main Mechanism ◽

Step Width ◽

Normal Walking ◽

Kinematic Data ◽

Foot Placement ◽

Mediolateral Stability

It is still unclear how humans control mediolateral (ML) stability in walking and even more so for running. Here, foot placement strategy as a main mechanism to control ML stability was compared between walking and running. Moreover, to verify the role of foot placement as a means to control ML stability in both modes of locomotion, this study investigated the effect of external lateral stabilization on foot placement control. Ten young adults participated in this study. Kinematic data of the trunk (T6) and feet (heels) were recorded during walking and running on a treadmill in normal and stabilized conditions. Correlation between ML trunk CoM state and subsequent ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were assessed. Paired t-tests (either SPM1d or normal) were used to compare aforementioned parameters between normal walking and running. Two-way repeated measures ANOVAs (either SPM1d or normal) were used to test for effects of walking vs. running and of normal vs. stabilized condition. We found a stronger correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement and significantly higher step width and step width variability in walking than in running. The correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were significantly decreased by external lateral stabilization in walking and running, and this reduction was stronger in walking than in running. We conclude that ML foot placement is coordinated to ML trunk CoM state to stabilize both walking and running and this coordination is stronger in walking than in running and independent of speed in running.

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The effect of external lateral stabilization on the use of foot placement to control mediolateral stability in walking and running

10.7287/peerj.preprints.27244 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mohammadreza Mahaki ◽

Sjoerd M Bruijn ◽

Jaap H. van Dieën

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Main Mechanism ◽

Step Width ◽

Normal Walking ◽

Kinematic Data ◽

Foot Placement ◽

Mediolateral Stability

It is still unclear how humans control mediolateral (ML) stability in walking and even more so for running. Here, foot placement strategy as a main mechanism to control ML stability was compared between walking and running. Moreover, to verify the role of foot placement as a means to control ML stability in both modes of locomotion, this study investigated the effect of external lateral stabilization on foot placement control. Ten young adults participated in this study. Kinematic data of the trunk (T6) and feet were recorded during walking and running on a treadmill in normal and stabilized conditions. Correlation between ML trunk CoM state and subsequent ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were assessed. Paired t-tests (either SPM1d or normal) were used to compare aforementioned parameters between normal walking and running. Two-way repeated measures ANOVAs (either SPM1d or normal) were used to test for effects of walking vs. running and of normal vs. stabilized condition. We found a stronger correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement and significantly higher step width and step width variability in walking than in running. The correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were significantly decreased by external lateral stabilization in walking and running, and this reduction was stronger in walking than in running. We conclude that ML foot placement is coordinated to ML trunk CoM state to stabilize both walking and running and this coordination is stronger in walking than in running.

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The effect of external lateral stabilization on the control of mediolateral stability in walking and running

10.7287/peerj.preprints.27244v4 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mohammadreza Mahaki ◽

Sjoerd M Bruijn ◽

Jaap H. van Dieën

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Main Mechanism ◽

Step Width ◽

Normal Walking ◽

Kinematic Data ◽

Foot Placement ◽

Mediolateral Stability

It is still unclear how humans control mediolateral (ML) stability in walking and even more so for running. Here, foot placement strategy as a main mechanism to control ML stability was compared between walking and running. Moreover, to verify the role of foot placement as a means to control ML stability in both modes of locomotion, this study investigated the effect of external lateral stabilization on foot placement control. Ten young adults participated in this study. Kinematic data of the trunk (T6) and feet were recorded during walking and running on a treadmill in normal and stabilized conditions. Correlation between ML trunk CoM state and subsequent ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were assessed. Paired t-tests (either SPM1d or normal) were used to compare aforementioned parameters between normal walking and running. Two-way repeated measures ANOVAs (either SPM1d or normal) were used to test for effects of walking vs. running and of normal vs. stabilized condition. We found a stronger correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement and significantly higher step width and step width variability in walking than in running. The correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were significantly decreased by external lateral stabilization in walking and running, and this reduction was stronger in walking than in running. We conclude that ML foot placement is coordinated to ML trunk CoM state to stabilize both walking and running and this coordination is stronger in walking than in running.

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The effect of external lateral stabilization on the use of foot placement to control mediolateral stability in walking and running

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.7939 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. e7939 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mohammadreza Mahaki ◽

Sjoerd M. Bruijn ◽

Jaap H. van Dieën

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Main Mechanism ◽

Step Width ◽

Normal Walking ◽

Kinematic Data ◽

Foot Placement ◽

Mediolateral Stability

It is still unclear how humans control mediolateral (ML) stability in walking and even more so for running. Here, foot placement strategy as a main mechanism to control ML stability was compared between walking and running. Moreover, to verify the role of foot placement as a means to control ML stability in both modes of locomotion, this study investigated the effect of external lateral stabilization on foot placement control. Ten young adults participated in this study. Kinematic data of the trunk (T6) and feet were recorded during walking and running on a treadmill in normal and stabilized conditions. Correlation between ML trunk CoM state and subsequent ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were assessed. Paired t-tests (either SPM1d or normal) were used to compare aforementioned parameters between normal walking and running. Two-way repeated measures ANOVAs (either SPM1d or normal) were used to test for effects of walking vs. running and of normal vs. stabilized condition. We found a stronger correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement and significantly higher step width variability in walking than in running. The correlation between ML trunk CoM state and ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were significantly decreased by external lateral stabilization in walking and running, and this reduction was stronger in walking than in running. We conclude that ML foot placement is coordinated to ML trunk CoM state to stabilize both walking and running and this coordination is stronger in walking than in running.

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The effect of external lateral stabilization on the control of mediolateral stability in walking and running

10.7287/peerj.preprints.27244v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mohammadreza Mahaki ◽

Sjoerd M Bruijn ◽

Jaap H. van Dieën

Keyword(s):

Active Control ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Gait Cycle ◽

Center Of Mass ◽

Step Width ◽

Kinematic Data ◽

Foot Placement ◽

Consumption Data ◽

Mediolateral Stability

It is still unclear how humans control mediolateral (ML) stability in walking and even more so for running. Here, foot placement adjustment as a main mechanism of active control of mediolateral stability was compared between walking and running. Moreover, to verify the role of foot placement as a means of active control of ML stability and associated metabolic costs in both modes of locomotion, this study investigated the effect of external lateral stabilization on foot placement control. Ten young adults participated in this study. Kinematic data of the trunk (T6) and feet (heels) as well as breath-by-breath oxygen consumption data were recorded during walking and running on a treadmill in normal and stabilized conditions. Coordination between ML trunk Center of Mass (CoM) state and subsequent ML foot placement, step width, and step width variability were assessed. Two-way repeated measures ANOVAs (either normal or SPM1d) were used to test for effects of walking vs. running and of normal vs. stabilized locomotion. We found a stronger association between ML trunk CoM state and foot placement in walking than in running from 90-100% of the gait cycle and also a higher step width variability in walking, but no significant differences in step width. The association between trunk CoM state and foot placement was significantly decreased by external lateral stabilization in walking and running, and this reduction was stronger in walking than in running from 75-100% of gait cycle. Surprisingly, energy cost significantly increased by external lateral stabilization, which was more pronounced in running than walking. We conclude that ML foot placement is coordinated to the CoM kinematic state to stabilize both walking and running. This coordination is more tight in walking than in running and appears not to contribute substantially to the energy costs of either mode of locomotion.

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Modifying Stride Length in Isolation and in Combination With Foot Progression Angle and Step Width Can Improve Knee Kinetics Related to Osteoarthritis; A Preliminary Study in Healthy Subjects

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering ◽

10.1115/1.4046713 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 142 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Shannon N. Edd ◽

Sami Bennour ◽

Baptiste Ulrich ◽

Brigitte M. Jolles ◽

Julien Favre

Keyword(s):

Repeated Measures ◽

Healthy Subjects ◽

Stride Length ◽

Knee Adduction Moment ◽

Step Width ◽

Foot Placement ◽

Knee Kinetics ◽

Foot Progression Angle ◽

Knee Loading ◽

Preliminary Study

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of modifying stride length (SL) on knee adduction and flexion moments, two markers of knee loading associated with medial-compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression. This study also tested if SL modifications, in addition to foot progression angle (FP) and step width (SW) modifications, provide solutions in more subjects for reducing knee adduction moment (KAM) without increasing knee flexion moment (KFM), potentially protecting the joint. Fourteen healthy subjects (six female) were enrolled in this preliminary study. Walking trials were collected first without instructions, and then following foot placement instructions for 50 combinations of SL, FP, and SW modifications. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to detect group-average effects of footprint modifications on maximum KAM and KFM and on KAM impulse. Subject-specific dose–responses between footprint modifications and kinetics changes were modeled with linear regressions, and the models were used to identify modification solutions, per subject, for various kinetics change conditions. Shorter SL significantly decreased the three kinetics measures (p < 0.01). Potential solutions for 10% reductions in maximum KAM and KAM impulse without increasing maximum KFM were identified for five subjects with FP and SW modifications. A significantly higher proportion of subjects had solutions when adding SL modifications (11 subjects, p = 0.04). In conclusion, SL is a valuable parameter to modify, especially in combination with FP and SW modifications, to reduce markers of medial knee loading. Future work is needed to extend these findings to osteoarthritic knees.

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Who am I God? The Role of Belief in God in the Identity Development of Young Adults

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e561972014-001 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Angela M. Desilva Mousseau

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Identity Development ◽

Belief In God

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Particularities of tinnitus in children and adolescents

ORL ro ◽

10.26416/orl.33.4.2016.165 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 40-42

Author(s):

Alexandra Boloș ◽

Sebastian Cozma ◽

Andreea Silvana Szalontay

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Young Adults ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Ambient Noise ◽

Psychological Consequences ◽

Therapeutic Approaches

Tinnitus is a common otologic symptom and probably the most troublesome. Tinnitus causes a number of physical and psychological consequences, that interfere with the quality of life of the patient. Many authors believe that the presence of tinnitus in children is a matter of lesser importance than in adults because it is met less frequently and would be a fleeting symptom, inoffensive for them (Graham, 1981). In addition, the prevalence of tinnitus during adolescence and even in young adults is increasing, possibly as a consequence of the increased ambient noise (Bulbul SF, Shargorodsky J). Various therapeutic approaches have generated different results, which led us to consider the role of psychological factors, hence the need to underline the particularities of this symptom in childhood.

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