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61
Citations
21347
World Ranking
1991
National Ranking
80

Overview

Arthur D. Kuo is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Medicine, with a strong focus on Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's recent publications highlight contributions to understanding human locomotion, muscle energetics, and biomechanics. Notable papers include:

  • "Human walking in the real world: Interactions between terrain type, gait parameters, and energy expenditure," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "The high energetic cost of rapid force development in muscle," 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "An optimality principle for locomotor central pattern generators," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Humans plan for the near future to walk economically on uneven terrain," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A biomechanics dataset of healthy human walking at various speeds, step lengths and step widths," 2022, Scientific Data

Kuo's research encompasses a variety of main topics, including muscle activation and electromyography studies, robotic locomotion and control, balance, gait, and falls prevention, sports performance and training, motor control and adaptation, lower extremity biomechanics and pathologies, as well as prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics.

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Tim J. van der Zee
  • Osman Darici
  • Jeremy D. Wong
  • Ryan Riddick
  • Rebecca Elizabeth Carlisle

Kuo's publications are often found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Experimental Biology, Scientific Reports, eLife, and PLoS ONE. The volume of work in each venue reflects consistent contributions, with the largest number of publications appearing in bioRxiv.

Overall, Arthur D. Kuo's body of work engages deeply with the biomechanical and neurological aspects of human movement, focusing on the interplay between mechanical forces, energy expenditure, and control processes involved in walking and locomotion. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates engineering principles with clinical and neuroscience insights to advance understanding in rehabilitation, robotic application, and human motor control.

Best Publications

  • Active control of lateral balance in human walking

    Catherine E. Bauby;Arthur D. Kuo

  • Energetics of Actively Powered Locomotion Using the Simplest Walking Model

    Arthur D. Kuo

  • Mechanical work for step-to-step transitions is a major determinant of the metabolic cost of human walking

    J. Maxwell Donelan;Rodger Kram;Arthur D. Kuo

  • Energetic consequences of walking like an inverted pendulum: step-to-step transitions.

    Arthur D Kuo;J Maxwell Donelan;Andy Ruina

  • Biomechanical Energy Harvesting: Generating Electricity During Walking with Minimal User Effort

    J. M. Donelan;Qiang Li;V. Naing;J. A. Hoffer

  • Stabilization of Lateral Motion in Passive Dynamic Walking

    Arthur D. Kuo

  • The six determinants of gait and the inverted pendulum analogy: A dynamic walking perspective.

    Arthur D. Kuo

  • Mechanical and metabolic determinants of the preferred step width in human walking.

    J M Donelan;R Kram;A D Kuo

  • Simultaneous positive and negative external mechanical work in human walking

    J.Maxwell Donelan;Rodger Kram;Arthur D. Kuo

  • An optimal control model for analyzing human postural balance

    A.D. Kuo

  • A simple model of bipedal walking predicts the preferred speed-step length relationship.

    Arthur D. Kuo

  • Dynamic Principles of Gait and Their Clinical Implications

    Arthur D. Kuo;J. Maxwell Donelan

  • Mechanical and metabolic requirements for active lateral stabilization in human walking.

    J M J Maxwell Donelan;D W David W Shipman;Rodger Kram;A D Arthur D Kuo

  • Dynamic arm swinging in human walking

    Steven H. Collins;Peter G. Adamczyk;Arthur D. Kuo

  • Direction-Dependent Control of Balance During Walking and Standing

    Shawn M. O'Connor;Arthur D. Kuo

  • Comparison of kinematic and kinetic methods for computing the vertical motion of the body center of mass during walking.

    Steven A Gard;Steve C Miff;Arthur D Kuo

  • Mechanics and energetics of swinging the human leg

    Jiro Doke;J. Maxwell Donelan;Arthur D. Kuo

  • Postural feedback responses scale with biomechanical constraints in human standing

    Sukyung Park;Sukyung Park;Fay B. Horak;Arthur D. Kuo

  • The advantages of a rolling foot in human walking

    Peter G. Adamczyk;Steven H. Collins;Arthur D. Kuo

  • Human standing posture: multi-joint movement strategies based on biomechanical constraints.

    Arthur D. Kuo;Felix E. Zajac

  • Recycling energy to restore impaired ankle function during human walking.

    Steven H. Collins;Arthur D. Kuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Fay B. Horak
Fay B. Horak Oregon Health & Science University
William Z. Rymer
William Z. Rymer Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Felix E. Zajac
Felix E. Zajac Stanford University
Rodger Kram
Rodger Kram University of Colorado Boulder
Daniel P. Ferris
Daniel P. Ferris University of Florida
Douglas J. Weber
Douglas J. Weber Carnegie Mellon University
Anthony M. Bloch
Anthony M. Bloch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dennis R. Carter
Dennis R. Carter Stanford University
Robert J. Peterka
Robert J. Peterka Oregon Health & Science University
C. David Remy
C. David Remy University of Stuttgart

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