One hundred normal subjects, mean age 51, who had had a simultaneous phonocardiogram and electrocardiogram at rest and after a double Master's test had a maximal treadmill stress test. Thirteen of 100 normal people (13%) had an abnormal maximal treadmill stress test with at least 1.0 mm of ischemic ST-segment depression. Ten of 29 normal subjects (34%) with a fourth heart sound and four of 11 n...

INTRODUCTION This report presents a new imaging technique for non-invasive study of six degrees of freedom (DOF) knee kinematics during treadmill gait. MATERIALS AND METHODS A treadmill was integrated into a dual fluoroscopic imaging system (DFIS) to formulate a gait analysis system. To demonstrate the application of the system, a healthy subject walked on the treadmill at four different spee...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of treadmill training with the eyes closed and eyes open on the joint position sense of chronic stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty patients with chronic stroke participated in this study. Patients performed the timed up and go test and were assigned to one of two treadmill training groups with and without visual deprivati...

The current prevalence of diet-induced overweight and obesity in adolescents and adults is continuously growing. Although the detrimental biochemical and metabolic consequences of obesity are widely studied, its impact on stress-coping behavior and its interaction with specific exercise doses (in terms of intensity, duration and frequency) need further investigation. To this aim, we fed adolesc...

One of the defining characteristic of human being is their ability to walk upright. Loss or restriction of such ability whether due to the accident, spine problem, stroke or other neurological injuries can cause tremendous stress on the patients and hence will contribute negatively to their quality of life. Modern research shows that physical exercise is very important for maintaining physical ...

QUESTION Does walking on a treadmill at increasing intensities adversely affect walking pattern or reduce walking quality during treadmill walking? Are any changes influenced by walking ability? DESIGN A within-participant, repeated measures experimental study. PARTICIPANTS 18 individuals with a first stroke who were undergoing inpatient rehabilitation. INTERVENTION Walking on a treadmill...