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South Central American Society of Biomechanics Conference!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Human Loco<\/em> Lab did an outstanding job at this year’s regional conference.
Ningzhen Zhao – 1st place Promising Scientist Award, Hui Tang – 2nd place Promising Scientist Award, Dylan Page – 1st place Graduate Poster, Dev Rajagopalan – 2nd place Undergraduate Podium.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Congratulations – Hui Tang <\/strong>– for winning the UT Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Research Fellowship<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Congratulations – Brooke Alanis <\/strong>– on her Journal of Applied Physiology Article, Older adults produce joint moments less economically than young adults<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations – Ningzhen Zhao <\/strong>– on her Journal of Applied Physiology Article, Functional Electrical Stimulation of the Soleus Redistributes Lower-Limb Joint Work Distally in Young and Older Adults<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Congratulations – Hui Tang <\/strong>– on her Journal of Applied Physiology Article, Limb Lengthening: Slower Distraction Rates May Expedite Patient Joint Recovery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonderful collaboration with Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Beck <\/strong>presented at the Lucian Symposium hosted by St. Edward’s University<\/p>\n<\/div>

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UT Biomechanics Squad had a great showing at ASB 2025 in Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations – Brooke Measeles<\/strong> – for rocking her Thesis Defense!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Older adults produce joint moments less economically than young adults<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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New Article: Wrapping the transverse foot arch improves running economy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hui Tang<\/strong> published her study in the Journal of Experimental Biology!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ASICS Visit!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We enjoyed meeting the ASICS team and showing them the Human Loco Lab and other UT gems!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations – Ciera Price<\/strong> – for being selected as a Health Policy Research Scholar<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Beck<\/strong> gave an invited seminar talk at Northeastern University and won an NIH NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New Article: The metabolic cost of producing joint moments is greater at the hip than at the ankle<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Negin Fallah<\/strong> published her Master’s Thesis project in the Journal of Experimental Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside JEB Highlighted Negin’s article: Style shift makes walking harder as we get older<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations, Negin Fallah MS!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Negin Fallah earned her Master\u2019s of Science degree after presenting her thesis, \u201cThe Metabolic Cost of Producing Joint Moments is Greater at the Hip than the Ankle\u201d. Keep an eye out for her upcoming peer-reviewed article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Human Locomotion Lab Attends ASB!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Human Loco Lab presented four presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in Madison, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Highlights from the 2024 ACSM Annual Meeting in Boston<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Beck presented in a highlighted symposium \u2013 \u201cThe Physiology, Biomechanics, and Performance Implications of using Running-Specific Leg Prostheses\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hui Tang was awarded the inaugural Joseph Hamill Access to Science Award! Two thumbs up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Human Locomotion Lab Attended the South Central American Society of Biomechanics Conference<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kaleigh Renninger presenting her award-winning presentation at SCASB on her Master’s Thesis research – “Is there an Ideal Heel Toe Drop for Economical Running?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hui Tang presenting “The Influence of Foot Arch Stiffness on Running Economy\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brooke Measeles presented “NEURAL OR MUSCULO-SKELETAL: WHICH SYSTEM DRIVES THE AGE-RELATED DECLINE IN WALKING ECONOMY?\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Negin Fallah presented “The hip expends more metabolic energy to produce extension moments than the ankle\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Human Locomotion Laboratory Presents at the American Society of Biomechanics National Conference in Knoxville Tennessee!!<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Negin Fallah showing that it takes less energy to perform a task with the ankle compared to the hip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Owen Beck explaining that footwear design can be used to remodel leg muscle-tendon structure <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Beck and his colleagues at Georgia Tech discovered that habitually wearing high heels restructures user calf muscles and tendons in a way that enables them to walk using less effort \u2013 even after they change shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to study ><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read The Washington Post\u2019s feature on our research ><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations to Jason Cullum for earning an Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the UT Austin Undergraduate College. This fellowship provides $1,000 to cover costs associated with Jason\u2019s research proposal, “How Does Leg Muscle-Tendon Stiffness Drive Preferred Movement Frequencies and Metabolic Shifts Across the Lifespan?”. The lab is looking forward to Jason\u2019s discoveries!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Human Locomotion Lab attends South Central American Society of Biomechanics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Exoskeletons need to react faster than physiological responses to improve standing balance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Beck\u2019s research was featured on the February 2023 cover of Science Robotics and found that the key to augmenting balance is to have boots that can act faster than human reaction times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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South Central American Society of Biomechanics Conference! The Human Loco Lab did an outstanding job at this year’s regional conference. Ningzhen Zhao – 1st place Promising Scientist Award, Hui Tang – 2nd place Promising Scientist Award, Dylan Page – 1st place Graduate Poster, Dev Rajagopalan – 2nd place Undergraduate Podium. Congratulations – Hui Tang – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/hll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}