Neuropsychological abilities have found to explain a large proportion of variance in objective measures of walking gait that predict both dementia and falling within the elderly. However, to this date there has been little research on the interplay between changes in these neuropsychological processes and walking gait overtime. To our knowledge, the present study is the first to investigate int...

[Purpose] The present study investigated the effects of gait speed on temporal and spatial gait characteristics of hemiplegic stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty post-stroke hemiplegic patients participated in the present study. To enhance the reliability of the analysis of the gait characteristics, the assessments were conducted three days per week at the same time every day. Each s...

This study investigated some aspects of the validity of walking speed recording in 15 normal subjects, 16 trans-femoral amputees and 8 knee disarticulation amputees . The variability and test-retest reliability of walking speed and the influence of simultaneous recording of E M G and goniometry on comfortable and fast walking speeds were studied. The variability between sessions was mainly dete...

BACKGROUND Gait characteristics measured at usual pace may allow profiling in patients with cognitive problems. The influence of age, gender, leg length, modified speed or dual tasking is unclear. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis was performed on a data registry containing demographic, physical and spatial-temporal gait parameters recorded in five walking conditions with a GAITRite® electroni...

In this issue, a study by Kano et al report on the use of gait speed as a marker of frailty in an older population undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and demonstrated its use to predict outcomes. Specifically, they used a multicenter Japanese registry to analyze the association between gait speed and mortality in 1256 older adults who underwent TAVR. The end points evaluat...

Objectives: To analyze which gait parameters are primarily influenced by cognitive flexibility, and whether such an effect depends on the walking condition used. Design: Cross-sectional analysis. Setting: Tübingen evaluation of Risk factors for Early detection of Neurodegenerative Disorders. Participants: A total of 661 non-demented individuals (49-80 years). Measurements: A gait assessment wit...

BACKGROUND The evidence suggesting that gait speed may represent a sensitive marker for cognitive decline in the elderly requires support from diverse racial groups. OBJECTIVE We investigated the relationship between gait speed and cognitive decline over 2 years in a community dwelling sample of elderly Africans. METHODS Data are from the Ibadan study of aging (ISA) conducted among a househ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between physical activity (assessed subjectively and objectively), knee muscle strength, gait performance, age, gender, and body mass index (BMI) in persons with late effects of polio. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING A university hospital outpatient clinic. PARTICIPANTS Seventy-seven community-dwelling ambulant persons with late effects of polio (42 m...

OBJECTIVE To describe recovery of gait after total hip arthroplasty (THA) based on the assessment of spatiotemporal gait parameters determined with an ambulatory system. DESIGN A 6-month inception cohort study. SETTING Inpatient and outpatient setting in an academic hospital. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-three patients participating in a short-stay program for THA. INTERVENTION Primary unilateral...