Kota Z. Takahashi

Kota Z. Takahashi, PhD

Languages spoken: Japanese, English

Academic Office Information

Kota.Takahashi@utah.edu

Education History

Undergraduate University of Michigan
 BS
Graduate Training Catholic University of America
 MS
Graduate Training University of Delaware
 PhD
Postdoctoral Training University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University
 Postdoctoral Scholar

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Franz JR, Shelton AD, Takahashi KZ, Allen JL (2025). Plantar sensation associates with gait instability in older adults. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 22(1), 11.
  2. White LT, Malcolm P, Franz JR, Takahashi KZ (2025). The Effect of Shoe Insole Stiffness Modifications on Walking Performance in Older Adults: A Feasibility Study. J Appl Biomech, 41(2), 124-131.
  3. Gray AJ, Takahashi KZ, Kashefsky HE, Franz JR (2024). Foot-Ankle Mechanical Transmission: Age Effects and the Relation to Ankle Push-Off During Walking. J Appl Biomech, 40(6), 449-454.
  4. Papachatzis N, Ray SF, Takahashi KZ (2023). Does human foot anthropometry relate to plantar flexor fascicle mechanics and metabolic energy cost across various walking speeds? J Exp Biol, 226(10).
  5. Papachatzis N, Takahashi KZ (2023). Mechanics of the human foot during walking on different slopes. PLoS One, 18(9), e0286521.
  6. Senatore SC, Takahashi KZ, Malcolm P (2023). Using human-in-the-loop optimization for guiding manual prosthesis adjustments: a proof-of-concept study. Front Robot AI, 10, 1183170.
  7. Meade ZS, Likens AD, Kent JA, Takahashi KZ, Wurdeman SR, Jacobsen AL, Hernandez ME, Stergiou N (2022). Subthreshold Vibration Influences Standing Balance but Has Unclear Impact on Somatosensation in Persons With Transtibial Amputations. Front Physiol, 13, 810079.
  8. Papachatzis N, Slivka DR, Pipinos II, Schmid KK, Takahashi KZ (2022). Does the Heel's Dissipative Energetic Behavior Affect Its Thermodynamic Responses During Walking? Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 10, 908725.
  9. Takahashi KZ, Krupenevich RL, Lenz AL, Kelly LA, Rainbow MJ, Franz JR (2022). Mechanics and energetics of human feet: a contemporary perspective for understanding mobility impairments in older adults. Biomechanics (Basel), 2(4), 494-499.
  10. Sado T, Nielsen J, Glaister B, Takahashi KZ, Malcolm P, Mukherjee M (2022). A passive exoskeleton can assist split-belt adaptation. Exp Brain Res, 240(4), 1159-1176.
  11. Maun JA, Gard SA, Major MJ, Takahashi KZ (2021). Reducing stiffness of shock-absorbing pylon amplifies prosthesis energy loss and redistributes joint mechanical work during walking. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 18(1), 143.
  12. Krupenevich RL, Clark WH, Ray SF, Takahashi KZ, Kashefsky HE, Franz JR (2021). Effects of age and locomotor demand on foot mechanics during walking. J Biomech, 123, 110499.
  13. Gonzalez AE, Pineda Gutierrez A, Kern AM, Takahashi KZ (2021). Association between foot thermal responses and shear forces during turning gait in young adults. PeerJ, 9, e10515.
  14. Ray SF, Takahashi KZ (2020). Gearing Up the Human Ankle-Foot System to Reduce Energy Cost of Fast Walking. Sci Rep, 10(1), 8793.
  15. Nuckols RW, Takahashi KZ, Farris DJ, Mizrachi S, Riemer R, Sawicki GS (2020). Mechanics of walking and running up and downhill: A joint-level perspective to guide design of lower-limb exoskeletons. PLoS One, 15(8), e0231996.
  16. Papachatzis N, Malcolm P, Nelson CA, Takahashi KZ (2020). Walking with added mass magnifies salient features of human foot energetics. J Exp Biol, 223(Pt 12).
  17. Meade ZS, Marmelat V, Mukherjee M, Sado T, Takahashi KZ (2020). Comparison of a portable balance board for measures of persistence in postural sway. J Biomech, 100, 109600.
  18. Kent JA, Takahashi KZ, Stergiou N (2019). Uneven terrain exacerbates the deficits of a passive prosthesis in the regulation of whole body angular momentum in individuals with a unilateral transtibial amputation. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 16(1), 25.
  19. Hedrick EA, Malcolm P, Wilken JM, Takahashi KZ (2019). The effects of ankle stiffness on mechanics and energetics of walking with added loads: a prosthetic emulator study. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 16(1), 148.
  20. Kern AM, Papachatzis N, Patterson JM, Bruening DA, Takahashi KZ (2019). Ankle and midtarsal joint quasi-stiffness during walking with added mass. PeerJ, 7, e7487.
  21. Kent JA, Sommerfeld JH, Mukherjee M, Takahashi KZ, Stergiou N (2019). Locomotor patterns change over time during walking on an uneven surface. J Exp Biol, 222(Pt 14).
  22. Hedrick EA, Stanhope SJ, Takahashi KZ (2019). The foot and ankle structures reveal emergent properties analogous to passive springs during human walking. PLoS One, 14(6), e0218047.
  23. Rock CG, Wurdeman SR, Stergiou N, Takahashi KZ (2018). Stride-to-stride fluctuations in transtibial amputees are not affected by changes in push-off mechanics from using different prostheses. PLoS One, 13(10), e0205098.
  24. Rock CG, Marmelat V, Yentes JM, Siu KC, Takahashi KZ (2018). Interaction between step-to-step variability and metabolic cost of transport during human walking. J Exp Biol, 221(Pt 22).
  25. Childers WL, Takahashi KZ (2018). Increasing prosthetic foot energy return affects whole-body mechanics during walking on level ground and slopes. Sci Rep, 8(1), 5354.
  26. Ray SF, Wurdeman SR, Takahashi KZ (2018). Prosthetic energy return during walking increases after 3 weeks of adaptation to a new device. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 15(1), 6.
  27. Bruening DA, Takahashi KZ (2018). Partitioning ground reaction forces for multi-segment foot joint kinetics. Gait Posture, 62, 111-116.
  28. Bruening DA, Pohl MB, Takahashi KZ, Barrios JA (2018). Midtarsal locking, the windlass mechanism, and running strike pattern: A kinematic and kinetic assessment. J Biomech, 73, 185-191.
  29. Ebrahimi A, Collins JD, Kepple TM, Takahashi KZ, Higginson JS, Stanhope SJ (2018). A mathematical analysis to address the 6 degree-of-freedom segmental power imbalance. J Biomech, 66, 186-193.
  30. Takahashi KZ, Worster K, Bruening DA (2017). Energy neutral: the human foot and ankle subsections combine to produce near zero net mechanical work during walking. Sci Rep, 7(1), 15404.
  31. Takahashi KZ, Gross MT, van Werkhoven H, Piazza SJ, Sawicki GS (2016). Adding Stiffness to the Foot Modulates Soleus Force-Velocity Behaviour during Human Walking. Sci Rep, 6, 29870.
  32. Zelik KE, Takahashi KZ, Sawicki GS (2015). Six degree-of-freedom analysis of hip, knee, ankle and foot provides updated understanding of biomechanical work during human walking. J Exp Biol, 218(Pt 6), 876-86.
  33. Takahashi KZ, Lewek MD, Sawicki GS (2015). A neuromechanics-based powered ankle exoskeleton to assist walking post-stroke: a feasibility study. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 12, 23.
  34. Takahashi KZ, Horne JR, Stanhope SJ (2015). Comparison of mechanical energy profiles of passive and active below-knee prostheses: a case study. Prosthet Orthot Int, 39(2), 150-6.
  35. Takahashi KZ, Stanhope SJ (2013). Mechanical energy profiles of the combined ankle-foot system in normal gait: insights for prosthetic designs. Gait Posture, 38(4), 818-23.
  36. Takahashi KZ, Kepple TM, Stanhope SJ (2012). A unified deformable (UD) segment model for quantifying total power of anatomical and prosthetic below-knee structures during stance in gait. J Biomech, 45(15), 2662-7.