The energetic cost of human standing balance and gait initiation over a range of natural postures
Matto Leeuwis, Nikki van Aerts, Ajay Seth, Patrick Alan Forbes
This study quantifies the energetic cost of standing balance and gait initiation across natural postures, finding that energy expenditure is asymmetric with respect to lean angle and that postural preferences do not strictly minimize energy cost.
PLoS Computational Biology · Jul 7, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience