OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of balance training, using force platform biofeedback, on quantitative gait characteristics of hemiparetic patients late after stroke. DESIGN Randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded trial. SETTING Rehabilitation ward and gait laboratory of a university hospital. SUBJECTS Forty-one patients (mean (standard deviation; SD) age of 60.9 (11.7) years) with ...

There are currently two validated questionnaires, the Freezing of Gait Questionnaire and the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire, that are intended to assess the degree of freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson's disease. However, to date no study has attempted to determine whether ratings on these questionnaires accurately reflect the severity (frequency and duration) of actual freezing ep...

INTRODUCTION The process of aging could lead to seniors being more prone to falls, which affects their quality of life. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between quality of life and gait in the elderly. METHODS We used World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-Brief) Brazilian version and the Dynamic Gait Index to assess fifty-six volunte...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate motor behavior in children after traumatic brain injury (TBI) with quantitative instrumented measures of gait and of functional hand movements (reaching, grasping) and with clinical assessments. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Tertiary pediatric trauma rehabilitation center in Germany. PARTICIPANTS Twenty children (age range, 6-13 y) with moderate or severe TBI we...

The cyclic nature of walking can lead to repetitive stress and associated complications due to the rate of loading (ROL) experienced by the body at the initial contact of the foot with the ground. An individual's gait kinematics at initial contact has been suggested to give rise to the ROL, and a repetitive, high ROL may lead to several disorders, including osteoarthritis. Additionally, proprio...

Subtle signs and conflicting physical and radiographic findings make feline osteoarthritis (OA) challenging to diagnose. A physical examination-based assessment was developed, consisting of eight items: Interaction, Exploration, Posture, Gait, Body Condition, Coat and Claws, (joint) Palpation-Findings, and Palpation-Cat Reaction. Content (experts) and face (veterinary students) validity were ex...

objective: the present study was aimed to correlate the clinical tests with the laboratory measures under dual task conditions in parkinson's disease (pd). materials and methods: eleven people with idiopathic pd (modified hoehn and yahr scores 1-3) were selected by simple non-probability sampling. center of pressure (cop) data obtained by force platform was used to calculate mean total velocity...

Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a degenerative, progressive, neurological condition that influences the control of person’s body movements. Computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) clinical tool intended to evaluate integration visual, vestibular, and somatosensory inputs maintain postural gait. Posturography can be used measure instability in PD patients. So, aim this study was...

The availability of age-matched normative data is an essential component of clinical gait analyses. Comparison of normative gait databases is difficult due to the high-dimensionality and temporal nature of the various gait waveforms. The purpose of this study was to provide a method of comparing the sagittal joint angle data between two normative databases. We compared a modern gait database to...