{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Antos SA"],"funding":["NIBIB NIH HHS","Foundation for Physical Therapy Research","Northwestern University","NINDS NIH HHS","National Institutes of Health","NIH HHS"],"pagination":["jeb243104"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8996813"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["225(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Healthy young adults have a most preferred walking speed, step length and step width that are close to energetically optimal. However, people can choose to walk with a multitude of different step lengths and widths, which can vary in both energy expenditure and preference. Here, we further investigated step length-width preferences and their relationship to energy expenditure. In line with a growing body of research, we hypothesized that people's preferred stepping patterns would not be fully explained by metabolic energy expenditure. To test this hypothesis, we used a two-alternative forced-choice paradigm. Fifteen participants walked on an oversized treadmill. Each trial, participants performed two prescribed stepping patterns and then chose the pattern they preferred. Over time, we adap"],"journal":["The Journal of experimental biology"],"pubmed_title":["Energy expenditure does not solely explain step length-width choices during walking."],"pmcid":["PMC8996813"],"funding_grant_id":["R01NS063399","R01 NS063399","T32 EB009406","5T32EB009406"],"pubmed_authors":["Kording KP","Gordon KE","Antos SA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Energy expenditure does not solely explain step length-width choices during walking.","description":"Healthy young adults have a most preferred walking speed, step length and step width that are close to energetically optimal. However, people can choose to walk with a multitude of different step lengths and widths, which can vary in both energy expenditure and preference. Here, we further investigated step length-width preferences and their relationship to energy expenditure. In line with a growing body of research, we hypothesized that people's preferred stepping patterns would not be fully explained by metabolic energy expenditure. To test this hypothesis, we used a two-alternative forced-choice paradigm. Fifteen participants walked on an oversized treadmill. Each trial, participants performed two prescribed stepping patterns and then chose the pattern they preferred. Over time, we adap","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-04-04T14:16:06.646Z","creation":"2025-02-19T02:22:57.96Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8996813","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35142362"],"doi":["10.1242/jeb.243104"]}}