objectives: the aim of this study was to extract suitable spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters to determine how total knee replacement (tkr) alters patients’ knee kinematics during gait, using a rapid and simplified quantitative two-dimensional gait analysis procedure. methods: two-dimensional kinematic gait pattern of 10 participants were collected before and after the tkr surgery, using a ...

OBJECTIVE Gait performance is an indicator of mobility impairment after stroke. This study evaluated changes in balance, lower extremity motor function, and spatiotemporal gait parameters after receiving body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) and conventional overground walking training (CT) in patients with subacute stroke using 3D motion analysis. SETTING Inpatient department of r...

Physical activity, including running, is important to general health by way of prevention of chronic illnesses and their precursors. To keep runners healthy, it is paramount that one has sound knowledge of the biomechanics of running and assessment of running gait. More so, improving performance in competitive runners is based in sound training and rehabilitation practices that are rooted firml...

The ability to predict human gait, particularly impaired human gait, has the potential to improve rehabilitation/training outcomes and to reduce prosthesis/orthosis development costs. This work presents a walking model of moderate complexity that accurately captures both sagittal plane joint kinematics and whole body energetics for healthy human walking. The six-link, left-right symmetric model...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of current evidence as to the effectiveness of robot-assisted gait training in spinal cord injured patients, focusing on walking ability and performance. METHODS A search was conducted in MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge, Cochrane Library, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) and Digital Academic Repositories (DAREnet) (1990-2009). Key words included "spinal cord i...

OBJECTIVES The health benefits of high-intensity interval training in cardiac rehabilitation warrant further research. We compared the effectiveness of low-volume high-intensity interval training vs continuous aerobic exercise training in chronic heart failure. DESIGN/SETTINGS Unblinded, two arm parallel design with random assignment to exercise interventions in out-patient hospital rehabilit...

Background: Irrespective of the severity of the spinal injury, time after lesion and age at time of injury, the restoration of walking is given high priority by subjects with SCI. There is ample amount of literature with gait training methods for restoration of locomotion from other parts of the world. Rehabilitative training is currently one of the most thriving treatments to promote functiona...

BACKGROUND Treadmill gait training as a therapeutic resource in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy has recently been the focus of many studies; however, little is still known regarding its effect on static and functional balance in children. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of treadmill training and over ground gait training in children with ce...

Robot-assisted treadmill training is an established intervention used to improve walking ability in patients with neurological disorders. Although it has been shown that attention to the task is a key factor for successful rehabilitation, the psychological state of patients during robot-assisted gait therapy is often neglected. We presented 17 nondisabled subjects and 10 patients with neurologi...