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ArticlePloS one2023

Temporal organization of stride-to-stride variations contradicts predictive models for sensorimotor control of footfalls during walking.

Madhur Mangalam, Damian G Kelty-Stephen, Joel H Sommerfeld, Nick Stergiou, Aaron D Likens

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Madhur MangalamDivision of Biomechanics and Research Development, Department of Biomechanics, and Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-0414
Damian G Kelty-StephenDepartment of Psychology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7332-8486
Joel H SommerfeldDivision of Biomechanics and Research Development, Department of Biomechanics, and Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4972-0872
Nick StergiouDivision of Biomechanics and Research Development, Department of Biomechanics, and Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, United States of America.
Aaron D LikensDivision of Biomechanics and Research Development, Department of Biomechanics, and Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, United States of America.

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Visual control of locomotion in people with Parkinsons diseaseP20GM109090 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA · PI STERGIOU, NIKOLAOS · 2014 to 2023
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NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Walking exhibits stride-to-stride variations. Given ongoing perturbations, these variations critically support continuous adaptations between the goal-directed organism and its surroundings. Here, we report that stride-to-stride variations during self-paced overground walking show cascade-like intermittency-stride intervals become uneven because stride intervals of different sizes interact and do not simply balance each other. Moreover, even when synchronizing footfalls with visual cues with variable timing of presentation, asynchrony in the timings of the cue and footfall shows cascade-like intermittency. This evidence conflicts with theories about the sensorimotor control of walking, according to which internal predictive models correct asynchrony in the timings of the cue and footfall from one stride to the next on crossing thresholds leading to the risk of falling. Hence, models of the sensorimotor control of walking must account for stride-to-stride variations beyond the constraints of threshold-dependent predictive internal models.

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Accidental FallsAcclimatizationCuesOrganizationsWalking

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PMID37616227
PMCPMC10449478

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