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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"gait biomechanics"”.
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Gait biomechanics following unilateral hamstring fatigue
… found to experience significant changes to their gait biomechanics. Fatigue induced by eccentric muscle contractions presents similarly to HSIs, both accompanied by strength and neuromuscular deficits. This study's overall objective is to examine the short- and long-term effects of unilateral …
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The effects of prosthetic alignment on gait biomechanics
… facilitating comfortable ambulation, aesthetic gait appearance, and lowenergy cost of walking for amputees 7 ' 16 ' 25 .Previous research studies have the advantage of presenting objective and quantitativeknowledge which cannot be obtained from subjective observations. However, most ofthese …
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Investigation of exercise, nutrition, and high tibial osteotomy interventions for patients with medial dominant knee osteoarthritis
… measures (body composition, muscle strength, gait biomechanics), patient-reported measures (pain, function, quality of life, perceived exertion) and performance-based measures, and explored associations among variables. For studies 3 & 4, we evaluated responder criteria at 2 years after HTO, …
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Comparing Gait Between Outdoors and Inside a Laboratory
Gait biomechanics have been studied extensively. Many existing studies, though, have been performed in a controlled laboratory setting, and assumed that measures obtained are representative of gait in a naturalistic environment (e.g., outdoors). Several environmental and psychological factors may …
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Advancing clinical gait analysis through technology and policy
Quantitatively analyzing human gait biomechanics will improve our ability to diagnose and treat disability and to measure the effectiveness of assistive devices. Gait analysis is one technology used to analyze walking, but technical as well as economic, social, and policy issues hinder its clinical …
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A comparison of human walking using a conventional gait laboratory and the Motek Medical Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN)
… study was to investigate the variation of human gait biomechanics during different walking conditions, with and without optic flow. The secondary aim was to investigate the accuracy of the two motion-analysis systems used. Following ethical approval of this investigation, testing was initiated. …
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Role of Dynamic Postural Control Using Functional Movement Assessments in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability: Systematic Review and Matched Case-control Study
… and kinetic changes in walking and running gait among individuals with CAI. The Functional Movement ScreenTM (FMS) is a tool used to assess the quality of human movement, and there are limited research investigations that have examined the relationship between postural stability control and …
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Gait analysis techniques to understand the effect of a hip strength improving program on lower-limb amputees
… training program would improve amputees’ gait performance. An additional aim of the study was to determine if the training program was sufficient to enable lower-limb amputees to run. To assess potential changes in walking gait biomechanics as a consequence of the hip strengthening …
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Understanding the effects of wearing a quantitatively prescribed passive-dynamic ankle-foot orthosis on the mechanical cost-of-transport and gait velocity in individuals post-stroke
… mechanical energy that can potentially increase gait velocity and decrease total mechanical cost-of-transport (COT). We developed a prescription model that can quantitatively prescribe PD-AFO bending stiffness based on an individual’s level of plantar flexor function deficit. The overall purpose …
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Control of Walking Speed in Young and Old Adults
… associated with modulating walking velocity. Gait biomechanics were collected using 8 camera 3D motion capture and force platform systems. Twenty-two young healthy adults and twenty-two old healthy adults each walked at 20 speeds ranging from relatively slow to relatively fast velocities. …
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The influence of trunk inclination on lower limb moments and muscle activation patterns
… shown that people with knee OA walk with altered gait biomechanics, characterised by altered joint moments, increased knee muscle activity and increased muscular co-contraction. Modelling studies suggest that such altered muscle patterns may increase the loading on knee joint, with imaging studies …
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The biomechanical consequences of body size differences in humans
Humans vary widely in body size and shape, but all humans are bipedal, and they are assumed to perform bipedalism in essentially the same way. Body size affects nearly all aspects of any animal’s ecology, physiology, and behavior, including locomotor behavior. Much of the theory underlying the …
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Quantitative assessment of human gait patterns using biomechanical and dynamical tools
… during human walking. Since impaired balance and gait are associated with fall risk, it is necessary to detect abnormal movement patterns due to gait impairment in order to predict fall risk. Gait analysis, by quantifying dynamic movement patterns during ambulation, can be used to discover and …