Sit-to-Walk and Sit-to-Stand-and-Walk Task Dynamics are Maintained during Rising at an Elevated Seat-Height Independent of Lead-Limb in Healthy Individuals

Highlights • Sit-to-walk (STW) and sit-to-stand-and-walk (STSW) are rise to walk transitions. • Healthy subjects require less vertical force to rise from a higher seat height. • Neither seat-height or lead-limb affect STW or STSW dynamics in healthy subjects. • Normative data independent of lead-limb may inform rise to walk rehabilitation. • Gait initiation (GI) in STSW is distinctive from GI following quiet-standing.