Dear Professor.Chockalingam and sara.

I am interested in this area too. I really like to search for mental and physical health relationships and the interaction between them.

at the moment I am doing my first research on the effect of time of day and cognitive dual task on the biomechanics of gait and dynamic balance in elderly.

but there are plenty of research showing the clear effect of mental load on gait biomechanics.

Here you can find two of them: 

"Does the diurnal cycle of cortisol explain

The relationship between physical

performance and cognitive function in

older adults?"

and

"Gait Is Associated with Cognitive

Flexibility: A Dual-Tasking Study in

Healthy Older People"

Best regards

Mahboube

Mr Nachi,

This is very good

thank you so much

Dear Professor.Chockalingam and sara.

I am interested in this area too. I really like to search for mental and physical health relationships and the interaction between them.

at the moment I am doing my first research on the effect of time of day and cognitive dual task on the biomechanics of gait and dynamic balance in elderly.

but there are plenty of research showing the clear effect of mental load on gait biomechanics.

Here you can find two of them: 

"Does the diurnal cycle of cortisol explain

The relationship between physical

performance and cognitive function in

older adults?"

and

"Gait Is Associated with Cognitive

Flexibility: A Dual-Tasking Study in

Healthy Older People"

Best regards

Mahboube

From previous work on gait analysis in subjects with depression as a factor among other abnormalities we can say, all stress factors will affect on some parts of gait cycle. It is will known that gait cycle is more stable when subjects walk with confidence, steps will be more assured, and closer to normal timing.

Here are some papers that you might want to read:

Michalak, J., Troje, N. F., Fischer, J., Vollmar, P., Heidenreich, T., & Schulte, D. (2009). Embodiement of sadness and depression-gait patterns associated with dysphoric mood. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 580-587. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a2515c

Lemke, M. R., Wendorff, T., Mieth, B., Buhl, K., & Linnemann, M. (2000). Spatiotemporal gait patterns during over ground locomotion in major depression compared with healthy controls. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 34(4-5), 277-283.

Halovic, S., & Kroos, C. (2017). Walking my way? Walker gender and display format confounds the perception of specific emotions. Human Movement Science. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2017.10.012

Hayes, M. W., Graham, S., Heldorf, P., de Moore, G., & Morris, J. G. (1999). A video review of the diagnosis of psychogenic gait: appendix and commentary. Movement disorders, 14(6), 914-921. doi: 10.1002/1531-8257(199911)14:63.0.CO;2-B

Kang, G. E., & Gross, M. M. (2016). The effect of emotion on movement smoothness during gait in healthy young adults. Journal of Biomechanics, 49(16), 4022-4027. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.10.044

Destephe, M., Maruyama, T., Zecca, M., Hashimoto, K., & Takanishi, A. (2013, 3-7 July 2013). The influences of emotional intensity for happiness and sadness on walking. Paper presented at the 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC).

Roether, C. L., Omlor, L., Christensen, A., & Giese, M. A. (2009). Critical features for the perception of emotion from gait. Journal of Vision, 9(6), 1-32. doi: 10.1167/9.6.15.

Edgeworth, R., Keen, B., Crane, E., & Gross, M. (2008). Effect of speed on emotion-related kinematics during walking. Paper presented at the North American Congress on Biomechanics, Michigan, USA

Montepare, J. M., Goldstein, S. B., & Clausen, A. (1987). The identification of emotions from gait information. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 11(1), 33-42.

Here is another paper that you might find useful:

Halovic, S., & Kroos, C. (2018). Not all is noticed: Kinematic cues of emotion-specific gait. Human Movement Science, 57, 478-488. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2017.11.008