OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Gait & Posture is 24. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the editor, “The effect of a low-load plyometric intervention on running kinematics in youth with cerebral palsy: A randomised controlled trial”	98
Gait during community ambulation and laboratory-based walking in people with mild traumatic brain injury	60
Predicting lower body joint moments and electromyography signals using ground reaction forces during walking and running: An artificial neural network approach	58
A valid novel ground reaction force distribution algorithm to determine midfoot kinetics of gait with a single force plate	49
Imaging-based musculoskeletal models alter muscle and joint contact forces but do not improve the agreement with experimentally measured electromyography signals in children with cerebral palsy	44
Human body-sway steady-state responses to small amplitude tilts and translations of the support surface – Effects of superposition of the two stimuli	44
An exploration of the effects of prefabricated and customized insoles on lower limb kinetics and kinematics during walking, stepping up and down tasks: A time series analysis	43
Brain (EEG) and muscle (EMG) activity related to 3D sit-to-stand kinematics in healthy adults and in central neurological pathology – A systematic review	42
Foot kinematics and leg muscle activation patterns are altered in those with limited ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during incline walking	41
Intra-limb joint coordination measures of upper limb and hand movements: A systematic review	37
Motor slacking during resisted treadmill walking: Can visual feedback of kinematics reduce this behavior?	36
Position paper on how technology for human motion analysis and relevant clinical applications have evolved over the past decades: Striking a balance between accuracy and convenience	34
Ankle-hip joint trade-off in normal gait: Exploring the kinematic influence of the medial longitudinal arch of the foot	33
Quantifying balance deficit in people with ankle fracture six months after surgical intervention through the Y-Balance test	32
The effects of Müller-Lyer illusion on toe clearance height in stair ascent	29
Metabolic cost and co-contraction during walking at different speeds in young and old adults	29
Effects of foot orthoses on running kinetics and kinematics: A systematic review and meta-analysis	29
The effects of a visuo-motor and cognitive dual task on walking adaptability in children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder	28
The effect of fatigue on running mechanics in older and younger runners	27
Analysis of the movements of the upper extremities during gait: Their role for the dynamic balance	27
Long-term functional outcomes after an external femoral derotation osteotomy in individuals with cerebral palsy	26
Dynamic stability in runners with and without plantar fasciitis	25
Synchronization performance affects gait variability measures during cued walking	25
6MWT on a new self-paced treadmill system compared with overground	25
Lumbopelvic coordination while walking in service members with unilateral lower limb loss: Comparing variabilities derived from vector coding and continuous relative phase	24

Trunk and lower-extremity kinematics differ based on step-down tap variation: An assessment of methodology for a return-to-play protocol using motion analysis