We examined the adaptation and generalization effect of one familiarization treadmill walking session on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) with different degrees of disease severity. Eight moderate PD patients (Hoehn and Yahr stage 2-2.5), eight advanced PD patients (Hoehn and Yahr 3), and eight matched control subjects participated in this study. Subjects first walked overground o...

The Sarcos Treadport is a locomotion interface comprised of a large tilting treadmill, an active mechanical tether, and a CAVElike visual display. This paper presents the design specifications for the second-generation Sarcos Treadport. INTRODUCTION There have been various approaches towards the design of locomotion interfaces, including powered pedaling devices (Brogan et al., 1998), programma...

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Physical exercise in humans induces changes intraocular pressure, relating to the type and intensity of workload. The purpose present study was evaluate variations pressure arterial blood dogs that underwent physical on a treadmill. Thirty were submitted consisting walking (15 minutes), trotting (20 (10 minutes). pulse rate recorded for each dog before starting treadmill exercise, immediately a...

OBJECTIVE This study examined test-retest relative (intraclass correlation coefficient) and absolute (minimum detectable change) reliabilities for heart rate, blood pressure, rate of perceived exertion, and the cerebral oxygen response during both forward and backward treadmill walking in clients with Parkinson disease. In addition, the intensity of exercise based on the individual's heart rate...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To test the performance of a tool designed to estimate functional capacity in order to select a bicycle ramp protocol yielding a test duration from 8 to 12 min in healthy individuals, and to assess differences in exercise responses between bicycle and treadmill tests. PARTICIPANTS AND MEASURES Forty-one healthy and physically active volunteers (10 women; median age, 37 years; ...

BACKGROUND Walking requires gait adjustments in order to walk safely in continually changing environments. Gait adaptability is reduced in older adults, and (near) falls, fall-related hip fractures and fear of falling are common in this population. Most falls occur due to inaccurate foot placement relative to environmental hazards, such as obstacles. The C-Mill is an innovative, instrumented tr...

Mehl, Kristen A., J. Mark Davis, Julie M. Clements, Franklin G. Berger, Maria M. Pena, and James A. Carson. Decreased intestinal polyp multiplicity is related to exercise mode and gender in Apc mice. J Appl Physiol 98: 2219 –2225, 2005; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00975.2004.—Moderate-intensity treadmill running can alter male Apc mouse polyp formation. This purpose of this study was to examine wh...

Differences in rhythmicity (relative variance in cycle period) among mammal, fish, and lizard feeding systems have been hypothesized to be associated with differences in their sensorimotor control systems. We tested this hypothesis by examining whether the locomotion of tachymetabolic tetrapods (birds and mammals) is more rhythmic than that of bradymetabolic tetrapods (lizards, alligators, turt...