BACKGROUND Disturbed gait and balance are common and important sequelae of chronic alcoholism. We present longitudinal data on recovery of gait and balance in alcoholics 6 to 15 weeks abstinent at baseline assessment through follow-up assessment 4 to 16 months after baseline. METHODS We performed a follow-up assessment (4 to 16 months after baseline) of gait and balance functioning in 37 shor...

With the aim of providing an objective tool for motion disability assessment in clinical diagnosis and rehabilitation therapy of cerebral palsy (CP) patients, an acceleration-based gait assessment method was proposed in this paper. To capture gait information, three inertial measurement units (IMUs) were placed on the lower trunk and thigh, respectively. By comparing differences in the gait acc...

INTRODUCTION The neuropathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions has been explained by several mechanisms, which emphasize the unpredictable nature of these lesions. The aim of this study is to present the neuromuscular changes in MS at the patients without gait or motor disorders using a noninvasive method named tensiomyography (TMG). PATIENTS AND METHODS The studied group included a nu...

People with neurological disorders like Cerebral Palsy (CP) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) suffer associated functional gait problems. The symptoms and sign of these gait deficits are different between subjects and even within a subject at different stage of the disease. Identifying these gait related abnormalities helps in the treatment planning and rehabilitation process. The current gait assess...

In ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP), practitioners often examine outcomes using measures related to functions necessary for daily life. The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) Dimensions D and E, Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) Parent and Child versions, Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire (FAQ) Walking subscale, Functional Independence Measure for Chi...

OBJECTIVE To examine effectiveness of standardized occupational therapy and physical therapy assessments in detecting functional changes and predicting clinical improvement in patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus undergoing cerebrospinal fluid drainage. DESIGN Cohort study. PATIENTS Eighty-seven patients admitted to an inpatient neurology unit for elective cerebrospinal flu...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The modified Emory Functional Ambulation Profile (mEFAP) is an easily administered test that measures the time to ambulate through 5 common environmental terrains with or without an assistive device or manual assistance. The mEFAP was evaluated for its interrater reliability, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and sensitivity to change during outpatient rehabil...

Introduction: The importance of the use mobile applications in health practice have grown increasingly over years. There is a need to assess if these can be validly and reliably used clinical setting as are critical measures that evaluate quality effectiveness tool improve delivery care physical therapy practice. This systematic review aimed identify synthesize existing studies on evidence conc...

The determination of an accurate centre of rotation (CoR) from skin markers is essential for the assessment of abnormal gait patterns in clinical gait analysis. Despite the many functional approaches to estimate CoRs, no non-invasive analytical determination of the error in the reconstructed joint location is currently available. The purpose of this study was therefore to verify the residual of...

Clinical and functional gait analysis is used widely by different professionals dealing with patients with hemiplegia. The aim of this study was to examine the gait analysis strategies of neurologists, specialists in physical and rehabilitation medicine (physiatrists) and physiotherapists. Differences in global analysis strategy and choice of indicators between different clinicians have not pre...