Publications
Beck O.N., Schroeder, J.N., Sawicki G.S. (2024) Habitually Wearing High Heels May Improve User Walking Economy in Any Footwear. Journal of Applied Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00016.2024
Martino G., Beck O.N., Ting L.H. (2023) Voluntary Muscle Coactivation in Quiet Standing Elicits Reciprocal Rather Than Coactive Agonist-Antagonist Control of Reactive Balance in Young Adults. Journal of Neurophysiology. 129:6, 1378-1388 https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00458.2022
Zhang-Lea J.H., Tacca J.R., Beck O.N., Taboga P., Grabowski A.M. (2023) Prosthetic Legs Run Shorter Than Biological Legs. Scientific Reports.
Gill P.K., Kipp S., Beck O.N., Kram R. (2023) It is Time to Abandon Single-Value Oxygen Uptake Energy Equivalents. Journal of Applied Physiology. 134(4), 887-890. doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00353.2022
Beck O.N., Shepherd M.K., Rastogi R., Martino G., Ting L.H., Sawicki G.S. (2023) Exoskeletons Need to React Faster than Physiological Responses to Improve Standing Balance. Science Robotics. 8, eadf1080, https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adf1080
Allen S.A., Beck O.N., Grabowski A.M. (2022) Evaluating the “Cost of Generating Force” Hypothesis Across Frequency in Human Running and Hopping. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(18): jeb244755. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244755.
Beck O.N., Trejo, L.H., Schroeder, J.N., Franz J.R., Sawicki G.S. (2022) Shorter Muscle Fascicle Operating Lengths Increase the Metabolic Cost of Cyclic Force Production. Journal of Applied Physiology. 133:3, 524-533. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00720.2021
Tacca J.R., Beck O.N., Taboga P., Grabowski A.M. (2022) Running-Specific Prosthesis Model, Stiffness, and Height Affect Biomechanics and Asymmetry of Athletes with Unilateral Leg Amputations Across Velocities. Royal Society Open Science. 9: 211691. 211691. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211691
Beck O.N., Taboga P., Grabowski A.M. (2022) Sprinting with Prosthetic versus Biological Legs: Insight from Experimental Evidence. Royal Society Open Science. 9: 211799. 211799 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211799
Krupenevich R.L., Beck O.N., Sawicki G.S., Franz J.R. (2021) Reduced Achilles Tendon Stiffness Disrupts Calf Muscle Neuromechanics in Elderly Gait. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A. 68:241–251 https://doi.org/10.1159/000516910
Beck O.N., Golyski P.R., Sawicki G.S. (2020) Adding Carbon Fiber to Shoe Soles May Not Improve Running Economy: A Muscle-Level Explanation. Scientific Reports. 10:17154
Beck O.N., Gosyne J., Franz J.R., Sawicki G.S. (2020). Cyclically Producing the Same Average Muscle-Tendon Force with a Smaller Duty Increases Metabolic Rate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287:20200431 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0431
Alcantara R.S., Beck O.N., Grabowski A.M. (2020) Lower Limb Mass Does Not Affect Biomechanical Asymmetry But Increases Metabolic Power In Runners With A Unilateral Transtibial Amputation. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 120, 1449-56 10.1007/s00421-020-04367-9
Nuckols R.W., Dick T.J.M., Beck O.N., Sawicki G.S. (2020) Ultrasound Imaging Links Soleus Muscle Neuromechanics and Energetics during Human Walking with Elastic Ankle Exoskeletons. Scientific Reports. 10:3604
Taboga P., Beck O.N., Grabowski A.M. (2020) Prosthetic Shape, but not Stiffness of Height, Affects the Maximum Speed of Sprinters with Bilateral Transtibial Amputations. Plos One. 15(2): e0229035
Sawicki G.S., Beck O.N., Kang I., Young A.J. (2020) The Exoskeleton Expansion: Improving Walking and Running Economy. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 17(25)
Taboga P.T., Drees E.K., Beck O.N., Grabowski A.M. (2020) Prosthetic Model, but not Stiffness of Height, Affects Maximum Running Velocity in Athletes with Unilateral Transtibial Amputations. Scientific Reports. 10, 1763
Beck O.N., Punith L.K., Nuckols R.W., Sawicki G.S. (2019) Exoskeletons Improve Locomotion Economy by Reducing Active Muscle Volume. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 47(4):237-45
Beck O.N., Grabowski A.M. (2019) Athletes With vs. Without Leg Amputations: Different Biomechanics, Similar Running Economy. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 47(1):15-21
Beck O.N., Azua E.A., Grabowski A.M. (2018) Step time asymmetry increases metabolic energy expenditure during running. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 118(10):2147-54
Beck O.N., Grabowski A.M., Ortega J.D. (2018) Neither Total Muscle Activation nor Co-activation Explains How Older Runners Retain Youthful Walking Economy. Gait and Posture. 65:163-8
Beck O.N., Kipp S., Byrnes W.C., Kram R. (2018) Viewpoint: Use Aerobic Energy Expenditure Instead of Oxygen Uptake to Quantify Exercise Intensity and Predict Endurance Performance. Journal of Applied Physiology. 125(2):672-4
Beck O.N., Grabowski A.M. (2017) Case Studies in Physiology: The Biomechanics of the Fastest Sprinter with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation. Journal of Applied Physiology. 124(3):641-5
Beck O.N., Taboga P., Grabowski A.M. (2017) How do Prosthetic Stiffness, Height, and Running Speed Affect the Biomechanics of Athletes with Bilateral Transtibial Amputations? Royal Society Interface. 14(131)
Beck O.N., Taboga P., Grabowski A.M. (2017) Prosthetic Model, but not Stiffness or Height, Affects the Metabolic Cost of Running for Athletes with Unilateral Transtibial Amputations. Journal of Applied Physiology. 123(1):38-48
Beck O.N., Taboga P., Grabowski A.M. (2017) Reduced Prosthetic Stiffness Lowers the Metabolic Cost of Running for Athletes with Bilateral Transtibial Amputations. Journal of Applied Physiology. 122(4):976-84
Beck O.N., Taboga P., Grabowski A.M. (2016) Characterizing the Mechanical Properties of Running-Specific Prostheses. Plos One. 11(12):e0168298
Beck O.N., Kipp S., Roby J.M., Grabowski A.M., Kram R., Ortega J.D. (2016) Older Runners Retain Youthful Running Economy Despite Biomechanical Differences. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Apr;48(4):697-704
Ortega J.D., Beck O.N., Roby J.M., Turney A.L., Kram R. (2014) Running for Exercise Mitigates the Age-Related Deterioration of Walking Economy. Plos One. 10.1371/journal.pone.0113471