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

ABSTRACT: 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 t

SUBMITTER: Mahaki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6822599 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature