doi.org/10.11336/jjcrs.8.71 Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci Vol 8, 2017 ABSTRACT Hirano S, Kagaya H, Saitoh E, Sonoda S, Tanabe S, Katoh M, Yamada J, Tanino G, Suzuki A, Itoh N. Effectiveness of Gait Exercise Assist Robot (GEAR) for stroke patients with hemiplegia. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2017; 8: 71-76. Objective: This study examined whether subacute stroke patients with hemiplegia who receive gait tr...

BACKGROUND The Gait Deviation Index summarizes overall gait 'quality', based on kinematic data from a 3-dimensional gait analysis. However, it is unknown which clinical outcomes may affect the Gait Deviation Index in patients with primary hip osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between Gait Deviation Index as a measure of gait 'quality' and hip muscle strength ...

Background Limited walking ability is an important problem for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). A better understanding of how gait impairments lead to limited walking ability may help to develop more targeted interventions. Although gait classifications are available in stroke and cerebral palsy, relevant knowledge in MS is scarce. The purpose of this study is to identify distinctive gait...

Gait analysis of patients with neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), is important for rehabilitation and treatment. The Mircrosoft Kinect sensor, which was developed for motion recognition in gaming applications, is an ideal candidate for an inexpensive system providing the capability for human gait analysis. In this research, we develop a framework to quantify the gait abn...

Background. Compensation for abnormal alignment of body parts in scoliosis may occur above or below the pelvis. This manifests as dislocation of body parts or changes in the angular composition of the lower limbs. Compensation for unbalanced body arrangement through changes in pelvic tilt and lower limb joints are typically reflected in the gait pattern of the person with scoliosis. The aim of ...

SECTION 1 A 38-year-old right-handed man was referred for investigation of a 20-year history of progressive behavior change and involuntary movements. Symptom onset was in his late teens. Up until that time he had achieved age-appropriate motor and cognitive milestones and had completed normal schooling. There was no family history of dementia or movement disorders. Initially, family members no...

Video-based human recognition at a distance remains a challenging problem for the fusion of multimodal biometrics. As compared to the approach based on match score level fusion, in this paper, we present a new approach that utilizes and integrates information from side face and gait at the feature level. The features of face and gait are obtained separately using principal component analysis (P...

BACKGROUND Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus is proposed for the treatment of patients presenting with severe Parkinson disease. The effect on gait is not clearly established. OBJECTIVES To evaluate objectively the influence of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation on gait in Parkinson disease and to compare it with the effects of levodopa treatment. METHODS Ten patients underwent ...

SECTION 1 A 62-year-old man presented to our neurology outpatient clinic with a 3-week history of progressive right wrist drop. He had been complaining of generalized asthenia, numbness, and tingling involving the soles of both feet for the last year. He had a history of chronic renal failure due to type 2 diabetes, for which he was on maintenance hemodialysis. He had hypertension and hyperlipi...

INTRODUCTION Our objective was to compare the relative value of elements of the motor system in predicting the physical mobility domain of health related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease in order to specify targets for intervention. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the Parkinson's disease questionnaire-39 was administered to 263 subjects with Parkinson's disease to a...