Mean values of knee, shank and thigh angles during the gait cycle are shown in Figure 2. Inspection shows obvious differences between the curves. Mean values for the quantitative parameters ...

Routine gait assessment may be used to guide post-operative rehabilitation, and to develop strategies to improve mobility of these patients.

Clinical tests of physical performance were associated with a functional decline in older people. Preventive strategies to avoid personal care may be required in older adults who show a gait speed ...

Kiran Karunakaran, PhD, research scientist in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering and director of the Balance Assessment and Training Laboratory at Kessler Foundation, has been ...

The "optimal" group of 70-year-olds had more education, less cardiovascular risk, less white matter disease, thicker cortex, ...

She is unable to do toe curls and shuffles on gait assessment ... The evaluation should also include functional assessment of the capacity of the patient’s calf and foot muscles to serve ...

In studies using 3D motion analysis, no significant changes were observed for double support time, gait cycle time, speed, and stride width. For barefoot conditions, consistent findings were seen for ...

The right shoes with high-quality arch support can help prevent foot pain and strain. These options from brands like Hoka, ...

A neurological assessment is an evaluation of a person ... or scans such as the fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging). Is this exam different from a neuropsychological test?

Interventions: 3 to 5 sessions of 45–60 minutes/week during a 3–5-week period of driven gait orthosis training. Main outcome measures: 10-metre walk test (10MWT), 6-minute walk test (6MinWT), Gross ...

The Exercise and Functional Fitness Laboratory is located in a quaternary health care facility. Data from all runners who obtained running analyses for performance and injury prevention services were ...

Density functional theory is computational technique used to predict the properties of molecules and bulk materials. It is a method for investigating the electronic structure of many-body systems ...