Our recent book chapter "How Older Adults Can Avoid Falls via Proactive and Reactive Gait Adaptability: A Brief Introduction" recently became publicly available on our university repository thanks to the Dutch Taverne Amendment. cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/files/318779... #openaccess #openscience

Published today: Unperturbed and perturbed gait variability is increased in bilateral vestibulopathy compared with age- and sex-matched healthy participants journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.... in Journal of Neurophysiology @apspublications.bsky.social #openaccess #vestibular #gait

1/ After stroke, regaining mobility and balance can be challenging. A new study from @kiteuhn.bsky.social found that more reactive balance training was associated with improved balance control in people recovering from stroke. 🔗 Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/7-07-20...

Published today: Unperturbed and perturbed gait variability is increased in bilateral vestibulopathy compared with age- and sex-matched healthy participants journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.... in Journal of Neurophysiology @apspublications.bsky.social #openaccess #vestibular #gait

A brief summary of the last few days at the World Falls Congress www.linkedin.com/posts/chrism... @worldfallsociety.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social

#fallsprevention #wfc2026 #bgs #falls | Christopher McCrum

Returning home after a productive 2.5 days at the World Falls Conference in Manchester, organised by the World Falls Prevention Society & British Geriatrics Society. On day 1, I spoke about principles...

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Forcing early career researchers to constantly talk about the "impact" of their research is also forcing them to learn to lie.

A successful day one of the @worldfallsociety.bsky.social World Falls Congress in Manchester yesterday. I presented as part of a symposium on reactive balance training, organised by Yoshi Okubo and Melanie Farlie #wfc2026 #fallsprevention @gerisoc.bsky.social

Our pilot & feasibility study for our RCT is now out @plosone.org The first chunk of Liset's PhD work! Design considerations for technology-assisted fall-resisting skills training trials in older adults: A pilot and feasibility study dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #fallsprevention #BiomechSky #aging

Design considerations for technology-assisted fall-resisting skills training trials in older adults: A pilot and feasibility study

Training fall-resisting skills can prevent falls in older adults. These fall-resisting skills include proactive gait adaptability, gait robustness, and reactive gait recovery, which allow people to ef...

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Very pleased to have been involved in this important review led by Nina Marie Schmidt and Pia Ruess. The final version is now published #openaccess at: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #fallsprevention #ageing #reporting

An excellent and inspiring blog post from our 2025 Promising Scientist Award winner, @chrismccrum.bsky.social. ispgr.org/fall-prevent...

Fall Prevention Through the Lens of a Sprints Coach: Reflections on my ISPGR Promising Scientist Award (PSA) Talk - ISPGR

ISPGR was delighted to award Dr Christopher McCrum its 2025 Promising Scientist Award (PSA). In his PSA Plenary Talk at the 2025 World Congress in Maastricht, Netherlands, Dr McCrum reflected on how v...

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Excited for Meichan's defence this Thursday! Download her thesis "Balance and walking in bilateral vestibulopathy" & chapters here: doi.org/10.26481/dis... doi.org/10.1007/s004... doi.org/10.31219/osf... doi.org/10.1007/s004... doi.org/10.1177/0957... doi.org/10.1016/j.ga... doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Notes on the margin of stability has made it onto the @jbiomech.bsky.social top cited list 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Very rewarding to see so many people finding our work helpful! @tombuurke.bsky.social @carolincurtze.bsky.social

New paper out on @openmindjournal.bsky.social * I propose balance is a core biophysical self-regulatory function, organisationally akin to thermo-regulation. Might seem radical off the bat, but by the end of the paper I hope you'll agree it seems pretty obvious. doi.org/10.1162/OPMI...

What is Balance? A Vital Mechano-Regulation Paradigm

Abstract. Within minutes of birth a newborn gnu or giraffe works to stand and walk, asserting postural balance and organised animate behaviour in an apparently goal-directed manner. In contrast, robot...

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Read the latest developments in posture and gait research from our two 2025 early career award winners @chrismccrum.bsky.social and Benjamin Filtjens (not on bluesky). Great work, both! And proud to have you both within our society.

Christopher McCrum@chrismccrum.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New article: "Perspectives on interdisciplinary posture and gait research from the ISPGR 2025 World Congress: where do we stand and what are the next steps?" in which Benjamin Filtjens and I share our reflections on this past @ispgr.bsky.social World Congress authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9It3RoQ8...

New article: "Perspectives on interdisciplinary posture and gait research from the ISPGR 2025 World Congress: where do we stand and what are the next steps?" in which Benjamin Filtjens and I share our reflections on this past @ispgr.bsky.social World Congress authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9It3RoQ8...

Pleased to share the next publication from our PhD candidate Meichan Zhu: "Validity of accelerometer-based analysis of step time and step time variability during treadmill walking in people with bilateral vestibulopathy" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Validity of accelerometer-based analysis of step time and step time variability during treadmill walking in people with bilateral vestibulopathy

Gait and balance impairments, including increased gait variability, are prevalent in people with bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP). Wearable acceleromete…

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Can anyone point me to an explanation/justification why certain reporting guidelines need to be published in multiple journals simultaneously? I get annoyed by the practice every time I need to cite one. PS - the "need" to reach a wider audience is not relevant in the age of open access publications

New preprint from our PhD candidate Liset, describing results that guided key choices in our upcoming trial of fall-resisting skills training for older adults. One key finding: older adults' perceptions of their stability during perturbations does not align with expert observations!

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Design Considerations for Technology-assisted Fall-Resisting Skills Training Trials in Older Adults: A Pilot and Feasibility Study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.25337262v1

Replicability and transparency in physical therapy research: Time to wake up! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Pleased to share the third publication from our PhD candidate Meichan Zhu's thesis: "Dynamic visual acuity in bilateral vestibulopathy and healthy age–sex-matched participants" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dynamic visual acuity in bilateral vestibulopathy and healthy age–sex-matched participants - Journal of Neurology

Objectives Dynamic visual acuity (DVA) can be assessed on a treadmill while walking at different speeds and is used to assess people with bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP). However, the effects and inter...

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Just over 1 week to go until the application deadline!

Christopher McCrum@chrismccrum.bsky.social · last yr.

New job vacancy! Joint PhD: Prevent Falls with Augmented Reality (FallAR) at Maastricht & Hasselt Universities vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... with me, @melvynroerdink.bsky.social Pieter Meyns & @kennethmeijer.bsky.social @ispgr.bsky.social @worldfallssociety.bsky.social

Looking for a PhD-student position? Eager to work with advanced rehabtech and scalable augmented-reality solutions for fall-risk assessment and treatment? Learn from a team of scientists, Strolll entrepreneurs & developers and clinicians? Love interacting with older adults in NL & BE? Please apply!

Christopher McCrum@chrismccrum.bsky.social · last yr.

New job vacancy! Joint PhD: Prevent Falls with Augmented Reality (FallAR) at Maastricht & Hasselt Universities vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... with me, @melvynroerdink.bsky.social Pieter Meyns & @kennethmeijer.bsky.social @ispgr.bsky.social @worldfallssociety.bsky.social

New job vacancy! Joint PhD: Prevent Falls with Augmented Reality (FallAR) at Maastricht & Hasselt Universities vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... with me, @melvynroerdink.bsky.social Pieter Meyns & @kennethmeijer.bsky.social @ispgr.bsky.social @worldfallssociety.bsky.social

New job vacancy! Joint PhD: Prevent Falls with Augmented Reality (FallAR) at Maastricht & Hasselt Universities vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... with me, @melvynroerdink.bsky.social Pieter Meyns & @kennethmeijer.bsky.social @ispgr.bsky.social @worldfallssociety.bsky.social

What a week it was at #ISPGR2025 last week! It was really special to have so many amazing colleagues productively interacting in our city (with encouragement from @melvynroerdink.bsky.social)! Thanks to all involved in the planning and organisation @ispgr.bsky.social and all who attended!

What a week it was at #ISPGR2025 last week! It was really special to have so many amazing colleagues productively interacting in our city (with encouragement from @melvynroerdink.bsky.social)! Thanks to all involved in the planning and organisation @ispgr.bsky.social and all who attended!

See you in Japan! #ISPGR2027

Another busy day for members of our group and collaborators @ispgr.bsky.social #ISPGR2025 Go and say hi!

Proud of colleague @chrismccrum.bsky.social for receiving the well-deserved #ISPGR2025 promising young scientist award! Looking forward to kick off a PhD project with him, Pieter Meyns, and @kennethmeijer.bsky.social in the fall on augmented reality fall-risk assessment and treatment with #Strolll

A busy day for our group! Come and chat! #ISPGR2025 @ispgr.bsky.social