[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine whether a multidirectional stepping training improves balance, gait ability, and falls efficacy in stroke patients. [Subjects] Firty patients who met the selection criteria and agreed to participate in research at hospital N were randomly allocated and enrolled in this study. Twenty of the subjects were assigned to an experimental group that ...

BACKGROUND The relative importance and association of factors contributing to physical frailty in elderly persons are unclear. METHODS Physical measures of upper and lower extremity strength, range of motion, balance, coordination, sensation, and gait were evaluated in relation to scores obtained on a 36-point physical performance test (PPT) in 107 elderly subjects. RESULTS Scores on the PP...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Gait velocity is a powerful indicator of function and prognosis after stroke. Gait velocity can be stratified into clinically meaningful functional ambulation classes, such as household ambulation (<0.4 m/s), limited community ambulation (0.4 to 0.8 m/s), and full community ambulation (>0.8 m/s). The purpose of the current study was to determine whether changes in velocit...

Background Traditionally, the identification of cognitive impairment is based on neuropsychological tests and supported with not widely available biomarkers. This study aimed to establish association between motor function (Gait Speed Handgrip Strength) performance in a global various domains. Our secondary objective was determine cut-off point for Gait Strength classify older adults as cogniti...

Background: Insufficiencies of gluteus medius and maximus muscles in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP) may restrict activity participation by affecting gait, gross motor functions, balance. Objectives: The present study aimed to elucidate the effect Kinesio taping (KT) applied on CP. Methods: was completed 20 CP who were randomly divided into 2 groups: KT group received physiotherapy...

Since advances in gait biometrics are rather new, the current volume of security testing on this feature is limited. We present a study on mimicking, or imitation, of the human gait. Mimicking is a very intuitive way of attacking a biometric system based on gait, and still this topic is almost nonexistent in the open literature. The bottom line question in our research is weather it is possible...

BACKGROUND A brief, inexpensive screening test for sarcopenia would be helpful for clinicians and their patients. To screen for persons with sarcopenia, we developed a simple five-item questionnaire (SARC-F) based on cardinal features or consequences of sarcopenia. METHODS We investigated the utility of SARC-F in the African American Health (AAH) study, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of a 12-week therapeutic yoga program on gait speed, postural control, and mobility in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN Quasi-experimental study with a pretest/post-test design. Researchers evaluated changes over time (pretest to post-test) in all outcome measures. Paired t-tests were used to analyze normal and fast gait speed, Timed Up and Go test, and...

Walking workstations may counteract sedentarism in working adults; however, performing dual-task walking affect gait or work performance. The purpose of this study was to examine symmetry parameters and performance while completing a fine motor dexterity task during workstation use. Gait function, quantified as symmetry, used identify attentional resource allocation the co-occurring tasks condi...