Owen N. Beck

970 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 615 citations indexed

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Owen N. Beck is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Owen N. Beck has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 615 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 5 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Owen N. Beck's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (17 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (9 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (5 papers). Owen N. Beck is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (17 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (9 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (5 papers). Owen N. Beck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Owen N. Beck's co-authors include Gregory S. Sawicki, Aaron J. Young, Inseung Kang, Alena M. Grabowski, Richard W. Nuckols, Paolo Taboga, Jason R. Franz, Taylor J. M. Dick, Lena H. Ting and Giovanni Martino and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Neurophysiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Owen N. Beck

17 papers receiving 611 citations

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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.

The exoskeleton expansion: improving walking and running economy

2020 266 citations Gregory S. Sawicki, Owen N. Beck et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Owen N. Beck United States	10	543	154	131	89	64	18	615
Richard W. Nuckols United States	12	462 0.9×	174 1.1×	60 0.5×	66 0.7×	81 1.3×	19	524
Denise Martineli Rossi Brazil	13	388 0.7×	123 0.8×	59 0.5×	95 1.1×	74 1.2×	30	601
Karen N. Gregorczyk United States	13	417 0.8×	161 1.0×	65 0.5×	81 0.9×	26 0.4×	22	547
Brian S. Baum United States	15	477 0.9×	128 0.8×	284 2.2×	90 1.0×	65 1.0×	31	704
Samuel Galle Belgium	12	817 1.5×	276 1.8×	61 0.5×	135 1.5×	129 2.0×	17	851
Logan Wade United Kingdom	10	287 0.5×	52 0.3×	202 1.5×	104 1.2×	47 0.7×	26	496
Maarten Afschrift Belgium	13	305 0.6×	58 0.4×	50 0.4×	168 1.9×	89 1.4×	27	388
Friso Hagman Belgium	11	292 0.5×	52 0.3×	285 2.2×	74 0.8×	38 0.6×	16	506
Laurie Needham United Kingdom	9	227 0.4×	50 0.3×	148 1.1×	109 1.2×	46 0.7×	24	431
Pedro Fonseca Portugal	11	167 0.3×	64 0.4×	214 1.6×	55 0.6×	30 0.5×	65	451

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18 of 18 papers shown

Martino, Giovanni, et al.. (2024). Center of mass states render multijoint torques throughout standing balance recovery. Journal of Neurophysiology. 133(1). 206–221.

Fallah, Nader & Owen N. Beck. (2024). The metabolic cost of producing joint moments is greater at the hip than at the ankle. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(2). 1 indexed citations

Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2024). Habitually wearing high heels may improve user walking economy in any footwear. Journal of Applied Physiology. 136(3). 567–572. 1 indexed citations

Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2023). Exoskeletons need to react faster than physiological responses to improve standing balance. Science Robotics. 8(75). eadf1080–eadf1080. 49 indexed citations

Martino, Giovanni, Owen N. Beck, & Lena H. Ting. (2023). Voluntary muscle coactivation in quiet standing elicits reciprocal rather than coactive agonist-antagonist control of reactive balance. Journal of Neurophysiology. 129(6). 1378–1388. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Janet H., et al.. (2023). Equivalent running leg lengths require prosthetic legs to be longer than biological legs during standing. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 7679–7679. 2 indexed citations

Kipp, Shalaya, et al.. (2023). It is time to abandon single-value oxygen uptake energy equivalents. Journal of Applied Physiology. 134(4). 887–890. 4 indexed citations

Beck, Owen N., Paolo Taboga, & Alena M. Grabowski. (2022). Sprinting with prosthetic versus biological legs: insight from experimental data. Royal Society Open Science. 9(1). 211799–211799. 12 indexed citations

Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2022). Shorter muscle fascicle operating lengths increase the metabolic cost of cyclic force production. Journal of Applied Physiology. 133(3). 524–533. 27 indexed citations

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Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2021). Reduced Achilles Tendon Stiffness Disrupts Calf Muscle Neuromechanics in Elderly Gait. Gerontology. 68(3). 241–251. 29 indexed citations

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Sawicki, Gregory S., Owen N. Beck, Inseung Kang, & Aaron J. Young. (2020). The exoskeleton expansion: improving walking and running economy. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 17(1). 25–25. 266 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2020). Added lower limb mass does not affect biomechanical asymmetry but increases metabolic power in runners with a unilateral transtibial amputation. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 120(6). 1449–1456. 4 indexed citations

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Nuckols, Richard W., Taylor J. M. Dick, Owen N. Beck, & Gregory S. Sawicki. (2020). Ultrasound imaging links soleus muscle neuromechanics and energetics during human walking with elastic ankle exoskeletons. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3604–3604. 54 indexed citations

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Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2020). Cyclically producing the same average muscle-tendon force with a smaller duty increases metabolic rate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1933). 20200431–20200431. 30 indexed citations

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Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2019). Exoskeletons Improve Locomotion Economy by Reducing Active Muscle Volume. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 47(4). 237–245. 36 indexed citations

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Beck, Owen N., et al.. (2018). Step time asymmetry increases metabolic energy expenditure during running. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 118(10). 2147–2154. 33 indexed citations

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Beck, Owen N. & Alena M. Grabowski. (2017). The biomechanics of the fastest sprinter with a unilateral transtibial amputation. Journal of Applied Physiology. 124(3). 641–645. 9 indexed citations

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Beck, Owen N., Paolo Taboga, & Alena M. Grabowski. (2016). Characterizing the Mechanical Properties of Running-Specific Prostheses. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0168298–e0168298. 51 indexed citations

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