Frontal plane compensatory strategies associated with self-selected walking speed in individuals post-stroke

Comparing Self-Selected Speed Walking of the Elderly With Self-Selected Slow, Moderate, and Fast Speed Walking of Young Adults

OBJECTIVE To find the characteristics of elderly gait, we compared the elderly walking at a moderate speed with the young adult walking at a slow, moderate, and fast speed. METHODS 3D gait analysis was performed on 15 elderly and 15 young adults. Temporo-spatial, kinematic, and kinetic parameters were obtained. Self-selected moderate speed of the elderly walking was compared with self-selecte...

Relationships between frontal-plane angular momentum and clinical balance measures during post-stroke hemiparetic walking.

Stroke has significant impact on dynamic balance during locomotion, with a 73% incidence rate for falls post-stroke. Current clinical assessments often rely on tasks and/or questionnaires that relate to the statistical probability of falls and provide little insight into the mechanisms that impair dynamic balance. Current quantitative measures that assess medial-lateral balance performance do n...

Resting frontal asymmetry predicts self-selected walking speed but not affective responses to a short walk.

Neuromuscular strategies in the paretic leg during curved walking in individuals post-stroke.

Reduced flexibility over the neuromotor control of paretic leg muscles may impact the extent to which individuals post-stroke modulate their muscle activity patterns to walk along curved paths. The purpose of this study was to compare lower-limb movements and neuromuscular strategies in the paretic leg of individuals with stroke with age-matched controls during curved walking. Participants walk...

Differences in self-selected and fastest-comfortable walking in post-stroke hemiparetic persons.

Post-stroke hemiparetic walking is typically asymmetric. Assessment of symmetry is often performed at either self-selected or fastest-comfortable walking speeds to gain insight into coordination deficits and compensatory mechanisms. However, how walking speed influences the level of asymmetry is unclear. This study analyzed relative changes in paretic and non-paretic leg symmetry to assess whet...