Oct 17, 2018 | French Translations, Gait and Balance Academy
Deux phases particulières de la marche, l’initiation et l’arrêt de la marche, sont essentielles pour comprendre comment le centre de pression et le centre de masse évoluent normalement chez un sujet asymptomatique, et ainsi mieux cerner l’influence de la pathologie....
Oct 17, 2018 | Gait and Balance Academy
Two particular phases of walking, gait initiation and termination, are essential to understanding how the center of pressure and center of mass normally operate in an asymptomatic subject and better understand the influence of the pathology. Gait initiation defines...
Oct 17, 2018 | French Translations, Gait and Balance Academy
La vitesse de marche spontanée est une mesure bien connue pour évaluer les capacités fonctionnelles et est souvent utilisée comme indicateur du niveau de performance pour suivre l’évolution d’un patient. Il est toutefois important de noter que la vitesse de marche...
Oct 17, 2018 | Gait and Balance Academy
Spontaneous walking speed is a well-known measure for functional capabilities. Often used as an indicator of performance and physical health, its clinometric properties can be useful in predicting an individual’s future health status, especially for adults 65 and...
Oct 20, 2016 | Gait and Balance Academy
The first article authored by the Gait and Balance Academy has been released this fall, in the October issue of Kinésithérapie Scientifique. Intended to French- speaking physiotherapists, the reader can find in this monthly magazine number of fundamental and...
Oct 19, 2016 | Gait and Balance Academy
Beck EN, Ehgoetz Martens KA, Almeida QJ. Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s Disease: an overload problem? PLoS ONE 2015;10(12):e0144986 Abstract Freezing of gait (FOG) is arguably the most severe symptom associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and often occurs while...
