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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Richard R. Neptune is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biomechanics, medicine, and engineering. Their scholarly work spans multiple aspects of human movement, rehabilitation, and balance control.

The primary fields of study for Richard R. Neptune include:

  • Medicine
  • Engineering
  • Health Professions

Their research focuses on specialized subfields such as:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Rehabilitation
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Key topics addressed in their publications involve:

  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Balance, gait, and falls prevention
  • Cerebral palsy and movement disorders
  • Stroke rehabilitation and recovery
  • Prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics
  • Lower extremity biomechanics and pathologies
  • Sports performance and training

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Biomechanics
  • Clinical Biomechanics
  • Gait & Posture
  • Journal of Applied Biomechanics
  • Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard R. Neptune are:

  • Differences in balance control between healthy younger and older adults during steady-state walking (2021), Journal of Biomechanics
  • Biomechanical response to mediolateral foot-placement perturbations during walking (2020), Journal of Biomechanics
  • The influence of lateral stabilization on walking performance and balance control in neurologically-intact and post-stroke individuals (2020), Clinical Biomechanics
  • The influence of step width on balance control and response strategies during perturbed walking in healthy young adults (2023), Journal of Biomechanics
  • The influence of cognitive load on balance control during steady-state walking (2021), Journal of Biomechanics

Richard R. Neptune has collaborated regularly with a group of co-authors including:

  • Glenn K. Klute (12 co-authored publications)
  • Steven A. Kautz (8 co-authored publications)
  • Gabriella H. Small (7 co-authored publications)
  • Lydia G. Brough (6 co-authored publications)
  • Bryant A. Seamon (6 co-authored publications)

In 2018, Richard R. Neptune was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Best Publications

  • Contributions of the individual ankle plantar flexors to support, forward progression and swing initiation during walking.

    Richard R Neptune;S. A. Kautz;S. A. Kautz;F. E. Zajac;F. E. Zajac

  • Merging of Healthy Motor Modules Predicts Reduced Locomotor Performance and Muscle Coordination Complexity Post-Stroke

    David J. Clark;Lena H. Ting;Felix E. Zajac;Richard R. Neptune

  • Biomechanics and muscle coordination of human walking. Part I: introduction to concepts, power transfer, dynamics and simulations.

    Felix E. Zajac;Felix E. Zajac;Richard R. Neptune;Richard R. Neptune;Steven A. Kautz;Steven A. Kautz

  • Biomechanics and muscle coordination of human walking: part II: lessons from dynamical simulations and clinical implications.

    Felix E. Zajac;Richard R. Neptune;Richard R. Neptune;Steven A. Kautz;Steven A. Kautz

  • Relationship between step length asymmetry and walking performance in subjects with chronic hemiparesis.

    Chitralakshmi K. Balasubramanian;Mark G. Bowden;Richard R. Neptune;Steven A. Kautz;Steven A. Kautz

  • The effect of walking speed on muscle function and mechanical energetics

    Richard R. Neptune;Kotaro Sasaki;Steven A. Kautz;Steven A. Kautz

  • Modular Control of Human Walking: A Simulation Study

    Richard R. Neptune;David J. Clark;Steven A. Kautz;Steven A. Kautz

  • Muscle force redistributes segmental power for body progression during walking

    Richard R Neptune;Richard R Neptune;F. E. Zajac;F. E. Zajac;S. A. Kautz

  • The influence of foot positioning on ankle sprains.

    I.C Wright;R.R Neptune;A.J van den Bogert;B.M Nigg

  • THE EFFECT OF PEDALING RATE ON COORDINATION IN CYCLING

    Richard R Neptune;S. A. Kautz;M. L. Hull

  • Manufacture of Passive Dynamic Ankle–Foot Orthoses Using Selective Laser Sintering

    M.C. Faustini;R.R. Neptune;R.H. Crawford;S.J. Stanhope

  • Cadence, power, and muscle activation in cycle ergometry

    Brian R. MacINTOSH;Richard R. Neptune;John F. Horton

  • Compensatory mechanisms in below-knee amputee gait in response to increasing steady-state walking speeds

    Anne K. Silverman;Nicholas P. Fey;Albert Portillo;Judith G. Walden

  • Ankle plantar flexor force production is an important determinant of the preferred walk-to-run transition speed

    Richard R Neptune;Kotaro Sasaki

  • Step length asymmetry is representative of compensatory mechanisms used in post-stroke hemiparetic walking

    Jessica L. Allen;Steven A. Kautz;Steven A. Kautz;Richard R. Neptune

  • Muscle contributions to support during gait in an individual with post-stroke hemiparesis

    J. S. Higginson;F. E. Zajac;F. E. Zajac;Richard R Neptune;S. A. Kautz

  • The influence of energy storage and return foot stiffness on walking mechanics and muscle activity in below-knee amputees

    Nicholas P. Fey;Glenn K. Klute;Richard R. Neptune

  • Differences in muscle function during walking and running at the same speed

    Kotaro Sasaki;Richard R. Neptune

  • Individual Muscle Contributions to the Axial Knee Joint Contact Force During Normal Walking

    Kotaro Sasaki;Richard R. Neptune

  • Relationships between muscle activity and anteroposterior ground reaction forces in hemiparetic walking.

    Lindsey J. Turns;Richard R. Neptune;Steven A. Kautz;Steven A. Kautz

  • A theoretical analysis of preferred pedaling rate selection in endurance cycling

    R.R. Neptune;M.L. Hull

  • The influence of orthotic devices and vastus medialis strength and timing on patellofemoral loads during running

    Richard R Neptune;I. C. Wright;A. J. Van Den Bogert

  • Muscle mechanical work requirements during normal walking: the energetic cost of raising the body's center-of-mass is significant.

    Richard R Neptune;Richard R Neptune;F. E. Zajac;F. E. Zajac;S. A. Kautz

  • Muscle mechanical work and elastic energy utilization during walking and running near the preferred gait transition speed

    Kotaro Sasaki;Richard R. Neptune

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Kautz
Steven A. Kautz Medical University of South Carolina
Felix E. Zajac
Felix E. Zajac Stanford University
Maury L. Hull
Maury L. Hull University of California, Davis
Walter Herzog
Walter Herzog University of Calgary
Benno M. Nigg
Benno M. Nigg University of Calgary
Scott L. Delp
Scott L. Delp Stanford University
Rodger Kram
Rodger Kram University of Colorado Boulder
Antonie J. van den Bogert
Antonie J. van den Bogert Cleveland State University
Yuri P. Ivanenko
Yuri P. Ivanenko Collège de France
Francesco Lacquaniti
Francesco Lacquaniti University of Rome Tor Vergata

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