All subjects were in their twenties or thirties. These speeds were both lower than speeds found in previous studies researched in literature. Reasons for the difference could have been in the rather simple nature of this study design or the methodology involved. The study also found that neither gender, nor height, nor weight effected gait transition speeds. The researcher concludes that gait transition is determined by other factors that were not investigated in this study.
More work needs to be done on gait transitions.
This writer would venture to say that biomechanical factors represent only a small contribution to GT and the PTS at which it occurs in humans. In some sciences we may become to involved in a narrow field of endeavor and forget that we are, in the end, human. Human beings are not machines. It could easily be argued that GT and PTS are both very systemic events that depend on the input of many, many factors. However, the purpose of this study was to examine GT and PTS in humans on a flat surface from a biomechanical perspective only.