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  • Biomechanics
  • Human Motor Control
  • Robotics

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  • Humans maintain balance during locomotion by modulating foot placement.
  • Lateral stability is a key challenge in human walking.
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  • To investigate if humans regulate lateral foot placement during non-steady-state maneuvers.
  • To test if error minimization consistent with goal functions explains lateral stepping during transient tasks.
  • To extend the existing framework for lateral stepping regulation to dynamic maneuvers.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty healthy young adults performed lateral lane-change maneuvers in a virtual reality environment.
  • A theoretical framework based on GEMs was adapted for transient walking tasks.
  • Computational models were used to analyze step-to-step adaptation of stepping behavior.

Main Results:

  • Human stepping behavior during lateral maneuvers was consistent with theoretical predictions.
  • Models incorporating step-to-step parameter adaptation accurately predicted observed behavior.
  • The study demonstrated rapid, real-time adaptation of motor control strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Humans can regulate lateral foot placement during complex, non-steady-state maneuvers.
  • Evolving cost landscapes are likely used in real-time for adaptive motor tasks.
  • The findings extend the predictive power of stepping regulation frameworks to diverse walking scenarios.