Neuromechanics & Mobility Lab presents at NCM 2026

Members of the lab attended the Neural Control of Movement (NCM) conference in Kobe, Japan, bringing together an international community focused on understanding how the brain controls movement.

Dr. Kat Steele presented at the satellite meeting on “Precision neurorehabilitation for movement disorders: Integrating technology, neuroscience, and clinical practice,” where she also organized a session on gait and mobility. Her talk, “On time mobility: Neuromechanics to support early play and participation,” highlighted the lab’s work at the intersection of biomechanics and neurorehabilitation.

Madeleine McCreary presented a poster on “Biomechanical effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation amplitude on gait in children with cerebral palsy.” And Katie Landwehr‑Prakel also presented a poster on “Impacts of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on muscle activity and heart rate responses during robotic gait trainer use in children with cerebral palsy.”

We were also excited to connect with lab alum and collaborator Dr. Charlotte DeVol, highlighting the strong ongoing collaborations within our broader research community.

It was an exciting opportunity to share research, connect with collaborators, and engage with the global NCM community.

  • Three people pose in front of a large red torii gate at a busy shrine in Japan, with a traditional temple building and visitors in the background.
  • Dr. Kat Steele stands at a podium presenting to an audience, with a large slide reading “On Time Mobility: Neuromechanics to support early play and participation” displayed on a screen at an NCM conference session.
  • Katie stands in front of a scientific poster titled “Impacts of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation on Muscle Activity and Heart Rate Responses During Robotic Gait Trainer Use in Children with Cerebral Palsy” at a poster session.

ASB 2024 Recap

Steele Lab members, Charlotte Caskey, Victoria (Tori) Landrum, and Megan Ebers, attended the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting (ASB) in Madison, WI from August 5-8, 2024.

Charlotte gave a poster presentation on the “Effect of spinal stimulation and interval treadmill training on gait mechanics in children with cerebral palsy”

Tori also gave a poster presentation on the “Impact of a Resistive Exoskeleton on Fatigue in Children with Cerebral Palsy”

Megan co-hosted a Symposia Session titled, “Can machine learning reveal the next generation of neural and biomechanical processes governing human movement?” with Steele Lab Alumni, Michael Rosenberg. In Megan’s talk, “A machine learning approach to quantify individual gait responses to ankle exoskeletons,” she discussed how neural network-based discrepancy modeling can be used to isolate the dynamics governing changes in gait with ankle exoskeletons.

Introducing Dr. Charlotte DeVol Caskey!

Congratulations to Dr. Charlotte DeVol Caskey on earning her Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Caskey’s PhD thesis dissertation was titled Effects of Spinal Stimulation on Neuromechanics of Gait for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Congratulations and best of luck as you move forward as a Postdoc in the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory at the University of Florida in Gainesville!