The main objective of faculty and student research of this lab is to investigate musculoskeletal, psychomotor and neural factors that influence gait pattern, postural control, balance recovery responses and falls as we age. The populations of focus are those suffering from lower-limb osteoarthritis or recovering from joint replacement and after lower-limb amputation. The second objective is to take first principle findings and integrate them into the development of strategies and intervention treatments/exercises to improve age and disease-specific postural control deficits and reduce the occurrence and impact of falls.

Posture and Gait Neuromechanics Laboratory features a comprehensive approach to studying gait, dynamic control of balance and fall risk by combining various biomechanical and neurophysiological techniques, including 3D full-body motion analysis, force measurement and surface electromyography coupled with quantitative and qualitative assessment of falls and falls risk.