The effect of the most common gait perturbations on the compensatory limb’s ankle, knee, and hip moments during the first stepping response

Abstract

This proof-of-concept study is the first to investigate the ankle, knee, and hip moments of the compensatory limb during the first stepping response following unexpected gait perturbations induced by a split-belt treadmill. The findings are expected to improve the gait perturbation paradigms developed for training balance-impaired individuals.