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Shirley Rietdyk

Health Professions · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1992
Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMotor Control and AdaptationMuscle activation and electromyography studiesLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies

Publications

93

Citations

3,161

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

35

Publishing since 1992

Research summary
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Shirley Rietdyk studies how people, especially older adults and those with Parkinson's disease, control balance and walking, with a particular focus on stepping over obstacles and avoiding falls. Her work looks at how vision, attention (such as performing another task while walking), and aging or disease affect gait, joint movement, and muscle activity. This research aims to better understand fall risk and the strategies people use to safely navigate their environment while walking.

Balance and fall preventionObstacle crossing and gait adaptationAging and age-related changes in movementParkinson's disease and movement disordersVision and cognitive-motor interaction during walking

Publication output has been steady over the last decade, averaging about 4 papers per year with some year-to-year fluctuation but no clear long-term increase or decline.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.0/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 7 publications7222023: 5 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Gait & Posture×7
  • PLoS ONE×6
  • Journal of Biomechanics×6
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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