- Voluntary ankle contraction reproduces centre of pressure features commonly attributed to automatic postural control. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Oct 13; 132:110668. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: COP metrics should be carefully interpreted in isolation, as control strategies associated with dual-tasking and voluntary ankle contraction may produce overlapping outcomes. Studies lacking neuromuscular measures or experimental context should therefore be interpreted cautiously.
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- Visually directed head turning with a cognitive task alters spatiotemporal walking metrics in both healthy and balance-impaired adults. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Oct 08; 132:110663. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: The combined head-turning and visual-identification task altered spatiotemporal gait changes across all groups; however, the magnitude of change did not differ between groups. Although older adults at higher risk for falls walked more slowly than the MA and LFO groups, their gait was not disproportionately affected by WWHT. Participants preserved accurate performance of the visual identification task while modifying their gait.
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- Time course and persistence of changes in toe pressure strength during and after toe pressure strength training in older adults receiving day care rehabilitation. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Sep 29; 132:110650. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Toe pressure strength increased during the training period, accompanied by improvements in TUG performance and maximum gait speed, but these changes diminished after training cessation.
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- Surgical treatment for idiopathic toe walkers gives good biomechanical and patient satisfaction outcomes. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Oct 06; 132:110662. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Calf lengthening surgery for ITW has demonstrated improved clinical, kinematic and kinetic outcomes in gait analysis at one-year. High levels of satisfaction, with notable improvements in mobility and pain management postoperatively, were reported. However, longer-term follow-up to evaluate sustained benefits is needed.
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- Directional contrasts in center of pressure and external knee adduction moment during stepping with wedge insoles, verbal instructions, and perceptual plantar cues: An exploratory within-subject study. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Oct 07; 132:110664. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Opposing directional conditions produced measurable participant-level COP and KAM contrasts, but COP and KAM did not show the same pairwise pattern. Because both orders were fixed, these findings are hypothesis-generating and require randomized or counterbalanced testing.
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- Exploring running classifications using foot inclination angle and ground reaction force clustering methods: Do traditional foot strike categories capture meaningful patterns in ground reactions forces? [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Oct 06; 132:110661. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Ground reaction force patterns may have more intricate differences than kinematic classifications may be able to detect.
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- Individuals with dementia with lewy bodies exhibit worsened reactive walking balance responses to treadmill-induced perturbations than matched controls. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Sep 26; 132:110648. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: These results have potential to inform the feasibility of future studies investigating balance in individuals with DLB and designing interventions to improve balance control in these individuals, thereby reducing their risk of falling.
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- An exploration of self-evaluation of induced temporal and spatial gait asymmetry in neurotypical young adults. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Sep 26; 132:110646. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary findings suggest self-evaluation of TGA is more accurate than SGA and directing attention to the swing phase may facilitate more accurate self-evaluation of TGA. These findings provide context for future work that will investigate self-evaluation of gait asymmetry in people with stroke. Such information can inform the development of extrinsic feedback-based interventions for post-stroke gait asymmetry.
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- Quantifying locomotor instability in healthy adults: Insights from treadmill-induced slips and trips using a dynamic criterion. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Sep 24; 132:110647. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the ability of the DIV to discriminate distinct instability signatures across perturbation types and levels. Future work will focus on wearable implementation for real-world gait monitoring.
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- Misalignment between centre of pressure and musculoskeletal model after inverse kinematics affects lower limb joint kinetics and a method for adjustment. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Sep 22; 132:110645. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Inverse kinematics can introduce spatial misalignment between the external loads and the model. The present findings suggest that it may be necessary to adjust the COP to reduce this misalignment and thereby improve model estimations of joint kinetics.
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- Autocorrelation-based gait regularity reveals progressive changes during prolonged walking. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2026 Sep 24; 132:110644. [Online ahead of print]GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Gait regularity decreased systematically during an ultra-long-distance endurance march under real-world conditions. Autocorrelation-based analysis of arm-worn acceleration data captured progressive changes in locomotor patterns. These findings support wearable-based monitoring of locomotor adaptations during prolonged load carriage and future fatigue and injury risk assessment.
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- Alterations in gait kinematics and kinetics in patients with hammertoe deformity during walking. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2027 Jan; 131:110642.GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Hammertoe deformity was associated with a distal‑to‑proximal redistribution of mechanical work during gait, characterized by diminished distal torque and power generation and compensatory proximal joint mechanics. These findings provide biomechanical insight into gait alterations associated with hammertoe deformity and may inform future interventions targeting propulsion and distal function during walking.
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- Steady state gait and beyond: Complex mobility tasks in the laboratory reveal gait changes in Parkinson's Disease. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2027 Jan; 131:110643.GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Stride-level analysis of complex mobility tasks identified statistically significant gait parameters beyond what SSG measures capture.
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- Cadence and age interact to determine long‑range correlations in human walking. [Journal Article]Gait Posture. 2027 Jan; 131:110640.GP
- CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that differences in overground gait variability between age groups are unlikely to be attributed to their gait speed, height, or weight. The results also point towards a needed future experiment that resolves the finding that LRCs are partially dependent on walking direction, walking path curvature, and the significance of LRC asymmetry within the context of aging, falls, and disease prevention.
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- The effect of six weeks of squat training on static and dynamic postural control: a randomized controlled trial of adjunctive tDCS. [Randomized Controlled Trial]Gait Posture. 2027 Jan; 131:110632.GP
- CONCLUSIONS: Six weeks of squat training significantly improved dynamic and static postural control. Adjunctive a-tDCS applied over M1 prior to training failed to augment these benefits under the current parameters.
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