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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Gait disorders"”.
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Gait Disorders in Parkinson's disease: pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches
Gait deficits are common and debilitating features of Parkinson s disease (PD). Many pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies have been proposed to improve gait in PD patients. Adequate and timely recognition of balance and gait disorders is important to identify patients at risk of …
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Validation of a novel 2D motion analysis system to the gold standard in 3D motion analysis for calculation of sagittal plane kinematics
… treatment prescription and follow up of gait disorders. Instrumented 3D gait analysis is often financially and technically inaccessible in clinical environments. Other established methods of gait analysis include video and visual observation scores; however these techniques rely on …
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Portable inshoe gait analysis device
Gait analysers are devices or systems that quantify the planter /' pressures as they occur under the foot. The data obtained, be it. in visual or digital format, assists the medical practitioner in the diagnosis of an abnormality of gait. This thesis describes the development of a low-cost, …
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The Influence of the Initiation of a Graded Exercise Protocol on Dynamic Postural Stability Following a Concussion
… deteriorates with moderate intensity exercise. Gait variability, defined as the fluctuation in gait characteristic between steps, is a sensitive measure of postural stability in populations with higher level gait disorders. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of a …
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Rehabilitation Engineering in Parkinson's disease
… postural transitions, initiation of movements, gait disorders, inability to live independently at home, and is the major cause of falls. Falls are frequent (with over 38% falling each year) and may induce adverse consequences like soft tissue injuries, hip fractures, and immobility due to fear …
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Rhythmic cueing effects on gait parameters of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy: an immediate entrainment study
… cerebral palsy can synchronize (entrain) their gait patterns with an external auditory rhythmic stimulus, and whether this rhythmic stimulus would encourage improvement in stride symmetry and knee extension at foot contact during the gait cycle. Five participants completed an immediate …
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Changes in Gait Characteristics Following a Concussion
… Recent literature has suggested that gait could potentially provide clinicians with a reliable way to determine if an athlete has sufficiently recovered from a concussion in order to return to participation. The Balance Error Scoring System has typically been used to determine if …
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Development of clinical assessment strategies for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA)
… are measurements of spatial and temporal gait parameters along with pressure distribution and muscle activity measurements done with GAITRite® pressure sensing carpet and KinePro EMG recording device. Parameters involving image processing in Mimics did prove useful as a pre-operative and …