Walk This Way
Peter Paul Awards boost research of SAR's Cara Lewis and other promising junior faculty
Cara Lewis, an expert on gait and the musculoskeletal causes of hip pain, takes viewers into her Boston University Sargent College lab to demonstrate how modifying the way we walk can prevent hip replacements and joint problems.
Read full story on BostoniaWe have all been taught many life skills, but most of us taught ourselves to walk. Cara Lewis, an expert on gait and the musculoskeletal causes of hip pain, believes that the 250,000 hip replacements that are performed in this country every year is evidence that many of us got it wrong. Lewis is developing methods—including a robotic device—to teach people how to correct a hip-battering walk.