Gait Patterns

The researchers recruited 53 participants with the same diagnosis. Patients were seen in outpatient and acute care setting; they were independently stable with or without the use of assistive device. On the first day of therapy session information about mobility status, and history of fall or near falls were collected in addition with the implementation of Berg Balance Scale, Mini-BESTest, Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale 29, Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale 12, Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, and Six Minute Walk Test. Each participant was

Six standing trials include 1) single dominant leg stance on a firm surface (SDFS), 2) single non-dominant leg stance on a firm surface (SNDFS), 3) double leg stance on a firm surface (DFS), 4) single dominant leg stance on a wobble board (SDWB), 5) single non-dominant leg stance on a wobble board (SNDWB), and 6) double leg stance on a wobble board (DWB). The order of the standing trials will be randomized. A two minute testing period will be recorded for each standing condition. During testing, participants will be instructed to position barefoot with the hands akimbo for as still as possible for both a firm surface and a wobble board conditions. During all one leg stance trials, participants will be instructed to flex the knee of the contralateral

An important aspect of the rehabilitation process is gait training following amputation. Majority of amputees can regain the ability to walk functional distances after surgery, but gait deviations are extremely common. Gait impairments contribute to increasing energy requirements for walking as well as the development of debilitating musculoskeletal diseases. Transfemoral amputees often demonstrate deviations in frontal-plane kinematics of the pelvis and trunk; they have a contralateral rise of the pelvis during midstance on the prosthetic limb instead of maintaining a neutral position. Normalizing this frontal-plane deviation following an amputation is important in restoring a stable gait pattern, but doing so with available treatment

Balance, flexibility, strength, and single leg hopping all significantly limited the patient’s ability to ambulate, reciprocally negotiate stairs without handrails, and participate in recreational activities pain-free. As flexibility and balanced increased the patient started to make strides towards pain-free ambulation. The PNF rolling intervention became easier over time, and manual resistance was increased. PNF rolling is a low-level treatment, but still requires proper timing and stabilization to coordinate both extremities and the trunk to “reset” the body and prepare it for higher-level functional

The kinematic and kinetic parameters of knee varus angle, first peak knee adduction moment, sagittal plane knee excursion during mid-stance and extensor moment at first peak knee flexion were evaluated during ground level walking, as well as the spatiotemporal gait outcomes of walking speed, stride length, cadence, step length, the percentage of stance

When designing exoskeletons it is necessary to understand the biomechanics of human walking. The human walking gait cycle is represented on a scale of 0% to 100% and includes several notable phases shown in Figure 1. The structure of a human leg contains total of 7 Degrees of Freedom (DOF) with three rotational DOFs located at the hip, one at the knee and three at the ankle. Degrees of Freedom are directional factors that affect the range of independent motion in a system. Biomechanical measures of level ground walking at the hip, knee, and ankle are shown in Figure 2. The power requirement curves display the general power fluctuation for the hip as positive or near zero, the knee as negative, and the ankle is as equally balanced. This outcome signifies

Article One: Jung-Hyun, C. & Nyeon-Jun, K. (2015). The Effects of Balance Training and Ankle Training on the Gait of Elderly People who have Fallen. Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 27(1), 139-142.

The gait of an uninjured person is relatively symmetric due to the active interplay of knee, ankle and hip feedback and interaction. Artificial limbs attempt to serve the same purpose for above the knee amputees. The manufacturers of the C-Leg device claim that their prosthesis is a significant improvement to the standard prosthetic still in use. It was found that as walking speeds increased the wearer's gait became more symmetrical. This was found to be consistent in both prosthetic devices.

There’s an increased rate at which patients fall in hospital settings are affecting the healthcare industries, patients and family members. According to studies performed, it is evident that those who are mainly affected are the adults that are over 60 years of age. Some of the factors that lead to these falls are; visual impairments, wrong footwear and tripping are some of the external causes of falls among these hospitalized patients. Because this has become a major concern, research has embarked on how these factors have led to increased falls in these patients. Adult patients falls are major threat to patients safety and cost management in hospitals making prevention measures a key area of concern and

Falls are a major source of death and injury in elderly people. For example, they cause 90% of hip fractures and the current cost of hip fractures in the US is estimated to be about 10 billion dollars (Kato, Izumi, Hiramatsu, & Shogenji, 2006). Ensuring patient safety is one of the main reasons given for use of restraints. However, according to Jech (2006), the use of physical restraints is unlikely to prevent falls. Physical restraints, such as tie-down restraints, wheelchair belts, or bed rails are used to keep the patient safe, to keep patients from wandering off, falling, or if they are being combative. Also, it does not necessarily follow that using restraints in

The purpose of this study is to determine the risk of falling for individuals with knee pain. Specifically, the knee pains osteoarthritis, chondromalacia patella, and patellar tendonitis will be evaluated in this research study. This study will utilize a correlational design to answer the research question: does the location of knee pain affect the risk of falling? The Single Leg Stance (SLS) and the Timed Up & Go test (TUG) will be utilized to evaluate the risk of falls and balance of individuals.

The results of all measurements, including gait analysis, are dependent on test conditions. Gait analysis data should always be interpreted with regard to a thoroughly defined test situation. [4] recorded data from 81 young adults in respect to basic gait and symmetry measures. Results recorded for the participant gait outcome measures were fairly similar to what that was reported by [4].

Topic- Falls are a common and serious problem in older individuals with or without neurological condition (Pai, Bhatt, Yang & Wang, 2014).

The manipulation will include adding cognitive and visual demands using cognitive tasks and the Oculus Rift. The second objective is to explore whether combining TUG test with cognitive and visual manipulation would be more sensitive than the standard TUG in detecting changes in performance of healthy subjects after introducing step asymmetry training using the split belt treadmill. We hypothesize that I) as the TUG complexity increases the healthy older adults will demonstrate a longer time, slower gait speed, more stride time variability, less interlimb phasing (or step length asymmetry), and reduced arm swing compared to healthy younger adults, and II) TUG with visual and cognitive manipulation will be the most sensitive measure in detecting the deterioration in gait performance after step asymmetry training Fig.

Improved gait is achieved in an upright and fully supported position through the repetitive and rhythmic movements