An avatar uses your gait to predict how many calories you will burn

Friday, August 24, 2018 - 07:30 in Health & Medicine

Humans instinctively adopt the gait that requires the least amount of energy given the walking conditions. Without realizing it, we are constantly tweaking our pace, stride length and foot lift. But could we consciously play with these parameters in order to influence our energy expenditure? Researchers at EPFL’s Biorobotics Laboratory studied eight gait parameters in […]

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