Nov 7, 2018 | Gait and Balance Academy
Is greater spatiotemporal variability during curved path walking related to better curved path walking ability? That was the question Spatiotemporal variability underlying skill in curved-path walking set out to answer in a study of older, community dwelling adults...
Nov 7, 2018 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway, Gait and Balance Academy, Gait Research
In a study published in the February 2017 issue of Gait and Posture, Reliability and validity of the ProtoKinetics movement analysis software in measuring center of pressure during walking, study authors Robert C. Lynall, Lisa A Zukowski, Prudence Plummer, and Jason...
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 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...