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The Penn State Locomotor Control Laboratory (LoCo Lab) is dedicated to understanding the biomechanics and neuromuscular control processes that underlie complex adaptive human movements. We examine both basic science and clinically relevant questions related to issues such as:
- Maintaining balance and dynamic stability during walking
- Developing virtual reality (VR) interventions to improve walking function in older adults.
- Understanding the roles of variability and neuronal noise plays in movement regulation
- Understanding how people learn to perform complex skill tasks that exhibit intrinsic redundancy (equifinality)
We address these questions using a variety of experimental and computational modeling approaches that are primarily derived from the analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems.