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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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

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Research at UHN @uhnresearch.ca · 07/07/2026

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...

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Please consider consulting the included reporting recommendations for your next PBT article!

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

... a clear idea for some aspect of their trial, so follow the same procedure as a previous publication. Neither are strictly wrong but not transparently stating this means that others struggle to interpret and build on your work.

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My personal summary - poor reporting and lacking justifications of protocol choices is currently holding this sub-field of fall prevention back. In many cases, it seems that pragmatic decisions are made but there is a reluctance to report these as such or that the researchers don't have ...

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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...

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

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

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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 10/12/2025

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...

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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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ISPGR @ispgr.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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.

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

PlosONE publish stage1 as a protocol paper & stage2 as a separate paper. See "Offers option for authors to publish their Stage 1 manuscript in the journal as a separate article (e.g. Study Protocol):" in the list of PCI RR-friendly journals for others here: rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr...

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

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...

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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...

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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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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

But the editors can just publish a short editorial highlighting the guidelines for their readership. They don't need to duplicate-publish the full guidelines paper, do they?

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The implication of this might be that using self-perceived stability to assess the intensity or progression of training is inaccurate.

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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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Matthieu Boisgontier @matthieuboisgontier.com · 25/09/2025

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Just over 1 week to go until the application deadline!

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Melvyn Roerdink @melvynroerdink.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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!

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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!

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

All in all a really successful week! Looking forward to #ISPGR2027 in Kyoto!

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Amongst all of these sessions, @lisetvdhulst.bsky.social @ahanff.bsky.social, Meichan, Tansu Birinci & Aybike Senel all presented their work performed with us over the last few years!

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

On Wednesday, I chaired the symposium "Current and emerging approaches to improving balance and gait in vestibulopathy" with talks from Anissa Boutabla, Klaus Jahn, Andreas Zwergal & Max Wühr, & our own PhD candidate Meichan Zhu, who also presented for the third time in the 3MT final.

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A personal career highlight came for me on Tuesday with my talk as the ISPGR 2025 Promising Scientist! Directly followed by a busy poster session where I shared the results of a project conducted in Toronto with @avrilmansfield.bsky.social (preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...)

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

On the Monday, I really enjoyed chairing the session "Falls – Mechanism, Prediction and Intervention" with a really interesting range of presentations from Rudri Purohit, Yoshiro Okubo, Jennifer Davis, @antoinelangeard.bsky.social, Maaike van Gameren, Stephen Robinovitch & lnbal Paran

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

We had the pleasure of hosting 4 different events in our CAREN and University labs, including our workshop "Designing technology-assisted, task-specific protocols for walking experiments, assessments and training", the Motek user meeting and our official ISPGR Lab Tour.

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ISPGR @ispgr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

See you in Japan! #ISPGR2027

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I think Rudri's phone was used. I will ask her.

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Thanks Melvyn - looking forward to this new project!

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Melvyn Roerdink @melvynroerdink.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Me too :) I really loved the approach!

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Christopher McCrum @chrismccrum.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Look out today @ispgr.bsky.social #ISPGR2025 for these presentations with members of our group!

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Kim van Schooten @kimvanschooten.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

And we’re off with #ISPGR2025 president @kim-delbaere.bsky.social opening a what promises to be exciting conference!

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