SELECT RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Oral
Davis DJ, Long CL, Franz JR, Takahashi KZ. Older adult metabolic and mechanical energetics across slopes with increased footwear bending stiffness. XXX Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Stockholm, Sweden; July 2025.
Davis DJ. Can simple footwear modifications put the pep back in the step of older adults? Meeting of the CTSA Integration Across the Lifespan Full Membership Enterprise Committee; June 2025.
Davis DJ, Challis JH. Midtarsal joint work does not explain the influence of midtarsal joint stiffness on the metabolic cost of simulated running. XVLII Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Madison, WI; August 2024.
Davis DJ, Ray SF, Takahashi KZ. Increased footwear stiffness reduces estimated soleus metabolic cost in walking. Rocky Mountain Regional Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Estes Park, Colorado; April 2024.
Davis DJ, Challis JH. The spring-like function of the foot’s arch reduces the metabolic cost of simulated gait in a gait mode specific manner, XLVII Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Knoxville, Tennessee; August 2023.
Davis DJ, Challis JH. The foot’s midtarsal joint alters the metabolic cost of walking, XXVIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Fukuoka, Japan; August 2023.
Davis DJ. Task dependent function of the foot’s arch and its relation to ankle joint function, The Pennsylvania State University Graduate Exhibition, University Park, PA; March 2023. Link to Video Presentation
Davis DJ, Challis JH. Foot arch function in running: changes due to the windlass mechanism and foot strike pattern. North American Congress on Biomechanics, Ottawa, ON, Canada; August, 2022.
Davis DJ, Challis JH. Increased metatarsophalangeal joint dorsiflexion during walking alters midtarsal joint function. World Congress of Biomechanics, Taipei, Taiwan; July 2022.
Davis DJ. The ‘springy’ and rigid behavior of the human foot in running, The Pennsylvania State University Graduate Exhibition, University Park, PA; March 2022. Link to Video Presentation
Poster
Kramer P, Kreter N, Davis DJ, Takahashi KZ, Fino PC. Proactive and reactive modulation of mechanical work during underfoot perturbations with varying physical certainty. International Society of Posture and Gait Research, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2025
Long CL, Davis DJ, Franz JR, Takahashi KZ. Relationship between foot mechanical power and whole-body metabolic power in older and younger adults. XVLIII Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Pittsburgh, PA; August 2025
Kundu RR, Davis DJ, Estabrooks PA, Franz JR, Takahashi KZ. Mobility outcomes in older adults with and without carbon fiber insole. XVLIII Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Pittsburgh, PA; August 2025
Bowman E, Takahashi KZ, Davis DJ. Musculoskeletal modeling to evaluate the influence of carbon fiber insoles on gait metabolic cost. Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Baltimore, MD; October 2024
Davis DJ, Challis JH. The influence of arch stiffness on walking metabolic cost, American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO; May 2023. Poster Link
Davis DJ, Challis JH. ‘Optimum’ foot parameters for maximal vertical jumps, XLV Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics; August 2021.
Davis DJ, Challis JH. Foot joint stiffness effects on maximum vertical jumps, XXVIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics; July 2021