Wearable gait retraining could enable benefits from laboratory retraining systems to extend to a broad portion of the population, which doesn’t live near or have access to laboratory gait retraining testing facilities. While few portable gait retraining systems utilize both wearable sensing and wearable feedback, several systems employ critical components. The purpose of this paper is to provid...

We sought to determine if an in-field gait retraining program can reduce excessive impact forces and peak hip adduction without adverse changes in knee joint work during running. Thirty healthy at-risk runners who exhibited high-impact forces were randomized to retraining [21.1 (± 1.9) years, 22.1 (± 10.8) km/week] or control groups [21.0 (± 1.3) years, 23.2 (± 8.7) km/week]. Retrainers were cu...

A major component of stroke rehabilitation focuses on gait restoration. The purpose of this review is to examine the efficacy of a variety of gait retraining techniques currently in clinical use, including strength training, functional electrical stimulation, treadmill training, partial body-weight support, EMG biofeedback, and splinting of the lower extremity. Forty-eight studies evaluating si...

In terms of running, there is evidence that links mechanics with injury. This evidence provides the justification for altering these mechanics. Increased hip adduction and vertical impact loading have been most commonly associated with injury. More work is needed in order to understand the optimal way to retrain gait patterns in runners. The human body has a considerable ability to adapt. To pr...

This study examined the influence of a 6-week gait retraining program on the knee adduction moment (KAM) and knee pain and function. Ten subjects with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis and self-reported knee pain participated in weekly gait retraining sessions over 6 weeks. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scores and a 10-point visual-analog pain scale...

BACKGROUND Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is the most common overuse injury in runners. Recent research suggests that hip mechanics play a role in the development of this syndrome. Currently, there are no treatments that directly address the atypical mechanics associated with this injury. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether gait retraining using real-time feedbac...

Exercise-related leg pain (ERLP) is a common problem in the military. Healthy young men can have pain in both legs only weeks after starting a training course, leading to them dropping out of the military. The most common diagnoses in the Armed forces of the Netherlands are: 1. Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS), 2. Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS), or 3. A combination of MTSS+C...