I Morse Theory & Lagrangian Mechanics: Is There a Connection?

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I read somewhere that Morse originally applied his theory to the calculus of variations. I'm wondering, is this application useful in physics and mechanics, like maybe it sheds light on lagrangian mechanics? Does anyone know?
 

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