OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of speed-dependent treadmill training on gait and balance performance in patients with sub-acute stroke. DESIGN Single-blinded randomized controlled trial. SUBJECTS A total of 26 patients with sub-acute stroke were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 13) and control (n = 13) groups. METHODS Subjects in the experimental group underwent short interval wal...

J Rehabil Med 43 © 2011 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0838 Journal Compilation © 2011 Foundation of Rehabilitation Information. ISSN 1650-1977 Objective: To compare the effects of speed-dependent treadmill training on gait and balance performance in patients with sub-acute stroke. Design: Single-blinded randomized controlled trial. Subjects: A total of 26 patients with sub-acute stroke wer...

BACKGROUND Developing measures to detect preclinical Alzheimer's Disease is vital, as prodromal stage interventions may prove more efficacious in altering the disease's trajectory. Gait changes may serve as a useful clinical heuristic that precedes cognitive decline. This study provides the first systematic investigation of gait characteristics relationship with relevant demographic, physical, ...

BACKGROUND Assessment of mobility in geriatric hospital units relies primarily on subjective observation or patient self-reports. We objectively examined the gait speed of hospitalized older patients. METHODS Prospective study of 322 patients 65 years or older admitted from the community to a geriatric hospital unit between March 2008 and October 2009. Associations of gait speed (in meters pe...

objectives: the aim of this study was to extract suitable spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters to determine how total knee replacement (tkr) alters patients’ knee kinematics during gait, using a rapid and simplified quantitative two-dimensional gait analysis procedure. methods: two-dimensional kinematic gait pattern of 10 participants were collected before and after the tkr surgery, using a ...

OBJECTIVES To compare gait patterns in older women with and without peripheral neuropathy (PN) in standard (smooth surface, normal lighting) and challenging environments (CE) (irregular surface, low lighting). DESIGN Observational, controlled study of 24 subjects. SETTING Biomechanical research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-four older women, 12 with PN and 12 without PN (mean age +/- st...

BACKGROUND In this epidemiological study we described the characteristics of spatio-temporal gait parameters among a representative, population-based sample of 890 community-dwelling people aged 65 to 90 years. In addition, we investigated the associations between certain gait parameters and a history of falls in study participants. METHODS In descriptive analyses spatio-temporal gait paramet...

OBJECTIVES Comparative gait analyses in neurological diseases interfering with locomotion are of particular interest, as many hypokinetic gait disorders have the same main features. The aim of the present study was (1) to compare the gait disturbance in normal pressure hydrocephalus and Parkinson's disease; (2) to evaluate which variables of the disturbed gait pattern respond to specific treatm...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of walkway length (5, 8 or 10 m) on measurements of comfortable and maximum walking speed. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING University-based rehabilitation centre. SUBJECTS Patients (n = 25) with chronic stroke. METHODS Timed walking with different walkway lengths (5, 8 and 10 m) walkways were recorded using a stop-watch. RESULTS No signific...

BACKGROUND Aging is associated with a reduction in gait velocity, which is due to a shortened step length. This study investigated the relationship between joint kinetics and step length. METHODS Three-dimensional gait kinematics and kinetics were measured during usual pace gait in 26 older subjects (average age 79) and in 32 young subjects (average age 26). Gait measures were obtained at max...