Hartmut Geyer

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Hartmut Geyer is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hartmut Geyer has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hartmut Geyer's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (37 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (34 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (31 papers). Hartmut Geyer is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (37 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (34 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (31 papers). Hartmut Geyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Hartmut Geyer's co-authors include André Seyfarth, Reinhard Blickhan, Hugh Herr, Seungmoon Song, Michael Günther, Michael Frederick Eilenberg, Nitish Thatte, Albert Wu, Michael D. Taylor and Daniel F. B. Haeufle and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Hartmut Geyer

63 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Compliant leg behaviour explains basic dynamics of walking and running

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hartmut Geyer United States	25	3.6k	595	540	494	285	65	4.0k
André Seyfarth Germany	36	4.6k 1.3×	859 1.4×	705 1.3×	612 1.2×	297 1.0×	163	5.3k
Martijn Wisse Netherlands	29	3.8k 1.0×	705 1.2×	1.4k 2.6×	237 0.5×	205 0.7×	86	4.4k
Ambarish Goswami United States	35	5.5k 1.5×	510 0.9×	2.4k 4.5×	429 0.9×	171 0.6×	77	6.4k
F.C.T. van der Helm Netherlands	33	2.0k 0.6×	137 0.2×	325 0.6×	532 1.1×	1.1k 4.0×	103	3.7k
Jerry Pratt United States	26	4.2k 1.1×	272 0.5×	1.5k 2.7×	212 0.4×	103 0.4×	57	4.6k
Monica A. Daley United States	26	1.7k 0.5×	431 0.7×	109 0.2×	278 0.6×	281 1.0×	62	2.5k
Katja Mombaur Germany	23	1.6k 0.4×	155 0.3×	670 1.2×	243 0.5×	190 0.7×	134	2.2k
Tad McGeer Canada	12	2.8k 0.8×	608 1.0×	1.0k 1.9×	194 0.4×	122 0.4×	17	3.2k
C. David Remy United States	28	2.0k 0.6×	285 0.5×	666 1.2×	105 0.2×	77 0.3×	93	2.4k
Manoj Srinivasan United States	19	1.2k 0.3×	206 0.3×	143 0.3×	471 1.0×	172 0.6×	39	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hartmut Geyer

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Weber, Douglas J., et al.. (2025). Changes in gait asymmetry may be caused by adaptation of spinal reflexes. Journal of Neurophysiology. 133(4). 1208–1215.

Dalrymple, Ashley N, et al.. (2023). Dynamic spinal reflex adaptation during locomotor adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 130(4). 1008–1014. 4 indexed citations

Geyer, Hartmut, et al.. (2022). A neuromuscular model of human locomotion combines spinal reflex circuits with voluntary movements. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 8189–8189. 18 indexed citations

Geyer, Hartmut, et al.. (2022). Sparsity Inducing System Representations for Policy Decompositions. 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). 32. 6824–6829.

Reimann, Hendrik, et al.. (2020). Interactions Between Different Age-Related Factors Affecting Balance Control in Walking. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 2. 94–94. 19 indexed citations

Geyer, Hartmut, et al.. (2020). A model for the transfer of control from the brain to the spinal cord through synaptic learning. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 48(4). 365–375. 2 indexed citations

Thatte, Nitish, et al.. (2018). A Method for Online Optimization of Lower Limb Assistive Devices with High Dimensional Parameter Spaces. 5380–5385. 12 indexed citations

Suzuki, Yasuyuki & Hartmut Geyer. (2018). A simple bipedal model for studying control of gait termination. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 13(3). 36005–36005. 4 indexed citations

Haeufle, Daniel F. B., et al.. (2018). The Benefit of Combining Neuronal Feedback and Feed-Forward Control for Robustness in Step Down Perturbations of Simulated Human Walking Depends on the Muscle Function. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 12. 80–80. 23 indexed citations

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Hubicki, Christian, Andy Abate, Patrick Clary, et al.. (2018). Walking and Running with Passive Compliance: Lessons from Engineering: A Live Demonstration of the ATRIAS Biped. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 25(3). 23–39. 58 indexed citations

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Song, Seungmoon & Hartmut Geyer. (2017). Evaluation of a Neuromechanical Walking Control Model Using Disturbance Experiments. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 11. 15–15. 38 indexed citations

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Wu, Albert, et al.. (2015). Touch-down angle control for spring-mass walking. 5101–5106. 19 indexed citations

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Desai, Ruta, Hartmut Geyer, & Jessica K. Hodgins. (2014). Virtual model control for dynamic lateral balance. 856–861. 3 indexed citations

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Geyer, Hartmut, et al.. (2014). Compact nonlinear springs with user defined torque-deflection profiles for series elastic actuators. 3411–3416. 35 indexed citations

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Eilenberg, Michael Frederick, Hartmut Geyer, & Hugh Herr. (2010). Control of a Powered Ankle–Foot Prosthesis Based on a Neuromuscular Model. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 18(2). 164–173. 305 indexed citations

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Geyer, Hartmut & Hugh Herr. (2010). A Muscle-Reflex Model That Encodes Principles of Legged Mechanics Produces Human Walking Dynamics and Muscle Activities. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 18(3). 263–273. 441 indexed citations

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Geyer, Hartmut, et al.. (2005). Influence of swing leg movement on running stability. Human Movement Science. 24(4). 532–543. 21 indexed citations

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Geyer, Hartmut, André Seyfarth, & Reinhard Blickhan. (2004). Spring-mass running: simple approximate solution and application to gait stability. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 232(3). 315–328. 222 indexed citations

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Seyfarth, André, Hartmut Geyer, Michael Günther, & Reinhard Blickhan. (2002). A movement criterion for running. Journal of Biomechanics. 35(5). 649–655. 371 indexed citations

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Geyer, Hartmut, Adam S. Geyer, & J. Schubert. (1997). Erysipelas and Elephantiasis of the Scrotum – Surgery and Drug Therapy. Urologia Internationalis. 58(4). 243–246. 4 indexed citations

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