The dual timescales of gait adaptation: initial stability adjustments followed by subsequent energetic cost adjustments.

ABSTRACT: Gait adaptation during bipedal walking allows people to adjust their walking patterns to maintain balance, avoid obstacles and avoid injury. Adaptation involves complex processes that function to maintain stability and reduce energy expenditure. However, the processes that influence walking patterns during different points in the adaptation period remain to be investigated. We assessed split-belt adaptation in 17 young adults aged 19-35. We also assessed individual aerobic capacity to understand how aerobic capacity influences adaptation. We analyzed step lengths, step length asymmetry (SLA), mediolateral margins of stability, positive, negative and net mechanical work rates, as well as metabolic rate during adaptation. Dual-rate exponential mixed-effects regressions estimated the adaptati

SUBMITTER: Brinkerhoff SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883409 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature