[Purpose] The aim of this study was to develop and assess the applicability of an experimental ankle-foot orthosis during gait in patients with hemiparesis. [Subjects and Methods] This was a noncontrolled cross-sectional study. Ten adult patients with hemiparesis but who were capable of independent gait were included in the study. Gait assessment was performed using two platforms (EMG System do...

During the past decade, robotic technology has evolved considerably towards the development of cognitive robotic systems that enable close interaction with humans. Application fields of such novel robotic technologies are now wide spreading covering a variety of human assistance functionalities, aiming in particular at supporting the needs of human beings experiencing various forms of mobility ...

Previous work has shown that fractal patterns in gait can be altered by entraining to a fractal stimulus. However, little is understood about how long those patterns are retained or which factors may influence stronger entrainment or retention. In experiment one, participants walked on a treadmill for 45 continuous minutes, which was separated into three phases. The first 15 minutes (pre-synchr...

Gait phase is widely used for gait trajectory generation, gait control and gait evaluation on lower-limb exoskeletons. So far, a variety of methods have been developed to identify the gait phase for lower-limb exoskeletons. Angular sensors on lower-limb exoskeletons are essential for joint closed-loop controlling; however, other types of sensors, such as plantar pressure, attitude or inertial m...

Gait is an important health indicator and poor gait is strongly associated with disability and risk of falls. Thyroid dysfunction is suggested as a potential determinant of gait deterioration, but this has not been explored in a population-based study. We therefore investigated the association of thyroid function with gait patterns in 2645 participants from the Rotterdam Study with data availab...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of asymmetrical body posture alone, i.e., the effects seen in children with mild scoliosis, vs. the effects of body posture control impairment, i.e., those seen in children with unilateral cerebral palsy on gait patterns. Three-dimensional instrumented gait analysis (3DGA) was conducted in 45 children with hemiplegia and 51 children with mild ...

This study aimed to clarify the mechanical gait changes caused by achilles tendinopathy by comparing gait parameters and changes in hip, knee, and ankle moments between an experimental group (EG) and a control group (CG). Twenty runners with achilles tendinopathy were included in the EG (male/female: 10/10, age: 27.00 ± 4.63), and 20 CG (male/female: 10/10, age: 27.25 ± 4.33) participants were ...

Background and Purpose: Anatomical biomechanical differences between male female are also known to cause in gait patterns. However, the results of studies contradictory. Furthermore, these focused only on some spatiotemporal parameters, pelvic movements were not analyzed. The aim present study is reveal difference parameters female.
 Methods: 44 39 males included study. BTS G-Walk system w...

Method Subjects were studied walking on a treadmill. EMG signals from the calf and anterior tibial muscles were recorded and force sensitive foot-switches enabled these to be related to phases of the gait cycle. Ankle movement was recorded using a Penny and Giles electrogoniometer. Normal activation periods for each muscle group were identified as percentiles of the gait cycle. Indices for musc...