Projects
My research is on human movement from a robotics and biomechanics perspective. On this page you can find various projects that I work or worked on.
Age-dependent vestibular contributions to energy expenditure in treadmill and overground walking
Our reliance on vestibular input changes as we age; could this explain energetic differences across age in the metabolic cost of walking on a treadmill as compared to overground?
Energetic optimality of standing and gait initiation
Experimental and musculoskeletal modeling study on the energetic costs that drive standing and gait intitiation.
Reversing postural control
Can humans relearn (and unlearn) how to stand when we completely reverse their control over balancing movement?
Modified wheelchair to facilitate pushing from the side
This patented wheelchair modification allows the caregiver to push the wheelchair while walking beside the occupant without additional effort.
Contextual inference in associative learning
Different mechanisms of contextual inference govern continuous and conditioned postural responses.