Background The traditional evaluation of gait in the laboratory during structured testing has
provided important insights, but is limited by its “snapshot” character and observation in an …

Redirected walking techniques allow people to walk in a larger virtual space than the
physical extents of the laboratory. We describe two experiments conducted to investigate …

Maneuverability is essential for locomotion. For animals in the environment, maneuverability
is directly related to survival. For humans, maneuvers such as turning are associated with …

Featured Application Upper body kinematics (Head Yaw and Trunk Roll from evidence so
far) can be used to anticipate walking turns in the short-term, and can therefore be used to …

Background. Community-dwelling, chronic stroke survivors are at risk of falling during
turning and are more likely to sustain a hip fracture when they fall. Objective. This study …

Path integration is a fundamental mechanism of spatial navigation. In non-human species, it
is assumed to be an online process in which a homing vector is updated continuously during …

Background There is growing evidence that mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) can
affect locomotor characteristics for prolonged periods of time even when physical signs and …

Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs), ie preparatory positioning of the head, the trunk
and the foot, are essential to initiate cutting manoeuvres during football games. The aim of …

Navigating our physical environment requires changing directions and turning. Despite its
ecological importance, we do not have a unified theoretical account of non-straight-line …

Turning is common in daily activity and requires rapid, coordinated reorientation of the head,
trunk, and pelvis toward the new direction of travel. Yet, turning gait has not been well …