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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"gait characteristics"”.
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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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Comparison of Gait Characteristics of Horses and the Effect of Farriery and Shoes
… of athletic horses. Thus, the impact of shoe characteristics on performance and welfare of sport horses is coming under increased scrutiny. However, objective information regarding the effects of shoeing on gait characteristics of performance and show horses is scant and there is little …
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The Effects of Transitioning Between Different Floor Surfaces on Gait Characteristics of the Elderly
… floor surfaces, older adults may adjust their gait to avoid a slip, trip, or fall. Many studies have assessed gait parameters of elderly individuals on either carpet or vinyl. Yet, few have studied the effect of transitioning between two different floor surfaces on the gait of older …
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The Moderating Effect of Physical Activity on the Association between White Matter Hyperintensities and Gait Characteristics
… (PA) moderated the association between WMH and gait velocity and stride time variability (STV), under single and dual-task conditions, in a geriatric clinic sample. Study 1 systematically reviewed the literature demonstrating that greater WMH burden was associated with predefined motor outcomes. …
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Nutukusių asmenų laikysenos ir eisenos ypatumai /
… Bachelor’s Degree of Physiotherapy POSTURAL AND GAIT CHARACTERISTICS OF OBESE INDIVIDUALS Physiotherapy Bachelor’s Thesis The Author: Kornelija Paliulytė Academic supervisor: doc. dr. (HP) Rūta Dadelienė Keywords: obesity, overweight, gait, posture The aim of research work: To investigate the …
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Rhythmic Haptic Cueing for Gait Rehabilitation of Hemiparetic Stroke and Brain Injury Survivors
This thesis explores the gait rehabilitation of hemiparetic stroke and brain injury survivors by a process of haptic entrainment to rhythmic cues. Entrainment to auditory metronomes is known to improve gait; this thesis presents the first systematic study of entrainment for gait rehabilitation via …
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Fall Risk Assessment By Measuring Determinants Of Gait
… providing diagnostic modalities associated with gait. In this study, a "determinants of gait" model was adopted to analyze gait characteristics and associate them with fall risk. As a proof of concept, this study concentrated on slip-induced falls and the slip initiation risks. Two important …
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Determination of Normal or Abnormal Gait Using a Two-Dimensional Video Camera
The extraction and analysis of human gait characteristics using image sequences and the subsequent classification of these characteristics are currently an intense area of research. Recently, the focus of this research area has turned to the realm of computer vision as an unobtrusive way of …
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Effects of Age on Gait Parameters and Muscle Activity During Adjustment, and the Relationship of Fear of Falling
… Understanding mechanisms associated with gait adjustments across a known slippery surface may help in proactively avoiding slips and falls. The primary goal of this study involved examination of gait parameters and muscle activity characteristics of the lower extremities during two …
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An inertial measurement-based gait detection system for active leg prostheses
… lead to more natural and less energy consuming gait patterns for amputees than passive prostheses can, because they provide a better approximation of the functions of the human leg. Active prostheses use motors to supply torques for added force and greater control at the joints (replacing the …
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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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Design of a Robotic Equine Forelimb for Testing Load-Bearing Rehabilitative Devices
… to the other, and kicking, for example, using gait-analysis data from an actual horse's gait. From such data, the robotic replica has been designed in IDEAS and analyzed using multibody dynamics simulations code and the finite-element-analysis software ANSYS. To evaluate the function of the …
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The direct effects of variations in AFO stiffness on the kinematics and kinetics of gait
… due to the lack of studies on: 1. Mechanical AFO characteristics. 2. The effects of different types of AFOs on gait. Performing gait analysis and quantifying the stiffness of different orthoses could lead to more knowledge about the stiffness of AFOs and a better understanding of their effects on …
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Detecting kinematic gait abnormalities in people with multiple sclerosis using clinically practical measures
… system often manifest as abnormalities in gait kinematics. Clinically practical, valid, and reliable measures of gait kinematics are necessary to address research and clinical questions about MS. Wireless flexible electrogoniometry (EG) is a clinically practical measure of joint angles. The …
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A novel footwear intervention to assist in the gait of patients with intermittent claudication
… the research in this thesis was to determine the gait characteristics of individuals with intermittent claudication and to assess the effects of footwear and orthotic interventions on their gait. Three studies were completed. The first compared gait of individuals with intermittent claudication to …
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Tracking and Analysis of Ecological Human Walking With Wearable Sensors
Gait studies performed in a laboratory setting might not fully represent real-life walking. Walking under constrained conditions, such as fixed speed or distance, can alter a person's gait. Humans often walk relatively short bouts that lack a steady speed, and longer bouts of varying movement …
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Failures in adaptive locomotion in healthy young adults
… in obstacle contact, this dissertation examined gait characteristics during inadvertent failures and manipulated the sensory information available to guide the limb trajectory. Manipulating the availability of sensory information is important to determine the information used to successfully …
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Validation and standardisation of a two dimensional motion analysis technique to measure normal conformation and gait in Arabian horses.
… method for analysing equine conformation and gait. The use of these methods to define breed specific conformation and gait could be utilised by the industry for conformation and gait assessment. This study focussed on validating and standardising such methods to define normal conformation and …
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Model Free Human Pose Estimation with Application to the Classification of Abnormal Human Movement and the Detection of Hidden Loads
The extraction and analysis of human gait characteristics using image sequences are an important area of research. Recently, the focus of this research area has turned to computer vision as an unobtrusive way to analyze human motions. The applications for such a system are wide ranging in many …
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Evaluation of Gait and Slip Characteristics for Adults with Mental Retardation
… Performing a more objective biomechanical gait analysis may better explain the reasons for these fall accidents and provide repeatable measures that can be used for comparison to determine the effectiveness of interventions intended to reduce slip-related falls. A gait analysis was …
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