BACKGROUND Persons with post-stroke hemiparesis usually walk slowly and asymmetrically. Stroke severity and functional walking status are commonly predicted by post-stroke walking speed. The mechanisms that limit walking speed, and by extension functional walking status, need to be understood to improve post-stroke rehabilitation methods. METHODS Three-dimensional forward dynamics walking sim...

QUESTIONS Is treadmill walking with body weight support during inpatient rehabilitation detrimental to walking quality compared with assisted overground walking? Does it result in better walking capacity, perception of walking or community participation? DESIGN Analysis of secondary outcomes of a randomised trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding and intention-to-treat analysis. ...

to evaluate physical activity of pregnant women before and after acog guideline study. four hundred and eighty-five pregnant women enrolled in this before-after study. they were asked to study acog guideline. a structured questionnaire filled by women at first visit and the last visit in the prenatal clinic.type, frequency, duration and anxiety about doing exercises during pregnancy period. bef...

objectives: knowledge about gender differences in intra-limb coordination during walking provides insight into the adaptability of central nervous system for controlling gait in older adults. we assessed the variability and phase dynamic of the intra-limb coordination in older men and women during walking. methods: twenty two older people, 11 female and 11 male, participated in this study. they...

QUESTION Does mechanically assisted walking increase walking speed or distance in ambulatory people with stroke compared with no intervention/non-walking intervention, or with overground walking? DESIGN Systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised trials. PARTICIPANTS Ambulatory adults with stroke. INTERVENTION Mechanically assisted walking (treadmill or gait trainer) without body w...

BACKGROUND For many patients clinical prescription of walking will be beneficial to health and accelerometers can be used to monitor their walking intensity, frequency and duration over many days. Walking intensity should include establishment of individual specific accelerometer count, walking speed and energy expenditure (VO2) relationships and this can be achieved using a walking protocol on...

An observation/execution matching system for walking has not been assessed yet. The present fMRI study was aimed at assessing whether, as for object-directed actions, an observation/execution matching system is active for walking and whether the spatial context of walking (open or narrow space) recruits different neural correlates. Two experimental conditions were employed. In the execution con...