Little is known about the gait characteristics of subjects with de novo Parkinson's disease (PD). We hypothesized that alterations in the spatio-temporal characteristics of gait will already be quantifiable in these patients. The gait of 35 patients with idiopathic PD (mean age 60 years) who were in the early stages of the disease (Hoehn and Yahr stage 1.8 +/- 0.5, median 2.0, range 1.0-2.5) an...

In healthy children, short latency leg muscle reflexes are profoundly modulated throughout the step cycle in a functionally meaningful way and contribute to the electromyographic (EMG) pattern observed during gait. With maturation of the corticospinal tract, the reflex amplitudes are depressed via supraspinal inhibitory mechanisms. In the soleus muscle the rhythmic part of the modulation patter...

[Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to use kinematic variables to identify the effects of 8/weeks' performance of a gyrokinesis exercise on the gait pattern of females with chronic low back pain. [Subjects] The subjects of the present study were females in their late 20s to mid 30s who were chronic back pain patients. [Methods] A 3-D motion analysis system was used to measure the cha...

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Equinus gait, defined as walking on one forefoot or both forefeet, has long been considered an undesirable characteristic in patients with a variety of neuromuscular disorders. In the equinus gait, the heel contact pattern is changed according to the severity, because an excessive ankle plantar flexion instigates rearfoot lifting in patients. However, no biomechanical severity index exists to e...

The purpose was to develop an index of walking performance and to examine gait pattern classifications of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The San Diego database (Sutherland, Olshen, Biden, & Wyatt, 1988) provided data for our calculation of the index and for determining that the index was able to differentiate between gait variables of older (ages 3 to 7) and younger (a...

Background: During locomotion, a gait is pattern of limb movement. The numerous ways in which human can move, either naturally or as result specific training, are referred to gaits. A person's their walking pattern. Walking requires muscle coordination and balance push the body forward rhythm known stride. An irregular could be caused by number factors.Degenerative disease (such arthritis), str...