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Filter by:The investigators aim to use a repeated measures observational study utilising a battery of multimodal assessment tools (e.g., 3D motion capture, wearable technology) in order to validate the DANU Sports Socks. The investigators aim to recruit 40 recreational runners (male and female) from the North East of England. The multimodal battery assessment used in this study will compare metrics between gold-standard traditional assessment methods and more novel wearable technology methods. Following assessment of the validity and reliability of the DANU Sports Socks, the investigators will use the multi-modal sensor to quantify changes in running gait that may occur with injury, fatigue or performance level will permit quantification of running demands in a runner's natural environment, thereby providing insight into injury mechanisms and objective explanations for performance outcomes.
The symptoms of knee osteoarthritis include knee joint pain, impaired proprioception, and etc. Knee arthroplasty is commonly recommended for the patient with severe knee osteoarthritis to relieve pain and regain function. But the effects of arthroplasty on the proprioception and gait performance, which were related to the risk of falling, were not fully understood. Recently, the concept of enhancing the rotational movement has been introduced into the design of the knee joint prosthesis for mimicking the kinematic performance of the healthy knee. However, study on the functional performance after using these rotational designed arthroplasties was still scarce. So, the purpose of this study aims to evaluate the differences in the proprioception, balance function and gait performance among different designs of the knee arthroplasties with mobile bearing (MB), medial congruent (MC) and posterior stabilized (PS) design. This study is divided into the retrospective and prospective parts. Investigators will enroll the patients who already replaced their knee joint by one of the above knee arthroplasties for the retrospective part; other patients who plans to receive one of the above knee arthroplasties, twenty participants for each design and each part. The assessment of proprioception, balance function and gait performance will be performed before the knee arthroplasty, and followed at the post-surgery time points of six weeks and three months. The one-way ANOVA will be used to compare the group differences in the retrospective part, and the two-way mixed model ANOVA for the prospective part. Ultimately, the results of this study could help to have better knowledge of the treatment effects from the different designed knee arthroplasties.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of lower extremity strengthening exercises versus trunk strengthening exercises on balance, walking, fall risk and quality of life in elderly individuals. In our study, the participants will be divided into 3 groups consisting of trunk strengthening exercises, lower extremity strengthening exercises and control groups.Body strengthening exercises and lower extremity strengthening exercises group will be included in the exercise program for a total of 40 minutes each session, 3 sessions a week, for a total of 8 weeks. The exercises will be shown and applied by the research physiotherapist in groups of 2-3 to the participants of both groups. No exercise program will be applied to the control group, and appropriate exercise training will be given after the final evaluation.
It's a single-center, prospective, open label clinical study with a 12 months follow-up period, to investigate the therapeutic effect and safety of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) on motor function and gait in patients with pure Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias.
This study will collect biomedical performance data on walking characteristics in normal, healthy people when walking with walking aids and when walking unaided. Data will be used for independent reporting and for comparison to matched people with pathological conditions. Data collected will including walking ability, balance, force under the feet when walking and muscle strength.
The purpose of this study is to report the feasibility and determine the initial effects of 18 sessions of real-time gait biofeedback delivered over a 6-week period on retention and transfer of normalized gait biomechanics and improvements in indicators of early post-traumatic osteoarthritis development in those with an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) at 6 and 8-week posttests.
The aim of this study is to collect a large set of norm/control data on an instrumented treadmill (the Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab - GRAIL) at the university hospital of Ghent for the purpose of clinical studies as well as for clinical interpretation. We hypothesize that this norm/control data will provide reference data of the normal gait patterns in the healthy population such that we can then use it to identify gait abnormalities in populations with pathology. The following data will be collected on the GRAIL while subjects walk at different gait speeds: 3D kinematics, kinetics, and EMG. Additionally, 3D kinematics, kinetics, and EMG data will be collected when performing either a cognitive (Stroop Color and Word Test) or motor (requiring arm swing) dual-task while walking at comfortable walking speed.
This research; It will be done to perform thoracic movement analysis of young adult individuals who have survived COVID-19 and to compare them with those without a history of COVID-19.
Gait in children with spastic CP is often characterized by abnormal gait kinematics as knee flexion and equines foot which associated with such gait deviations, an elevated walking energy cost is often observed which may contribute to activity limitations. The ability to maintain proper joint alignment of the lower extremity, and control the position of the foot in standing and walking is a critical treatment objective for gait in children with cerebral palsy. Lower extremity orthoses, such as ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are widely recommended in children with spastic cerebral palsy to prevent the development or progression of this deformity and to improve the dynamic efficiency of the child's gait. The use of Kinesio taping in pediatric rehabilitation becomes increasingly popular in recent years. Recent systematic reviews reported moderate evidence that Kinesiology taping is a useful adjunct to physiotherapy intervention in higher functioning children with CP. Combination tapings is a technique first introduced by Kenzo Kase, in which Kinesio taping is coupled with the rigid athletic tape to maximize the treatment benefits. This approach remains briefly addressed in the literature with no prior studies has examined the effects of combination tapings in the CP pediatric population. Hypothesis: there is no difference between the effect of combining tapings and ankle-foot orthosis on spatiotemporal gait parameters in spastic cerebral palsied
Children with spesific learning disorders have differences in motor and cognitive abilities compared to normal developing children. Motor tasks as walking are not just have a motor components and also require a cognitive process to realize. Therefore cognitive abilities may effect motor performance. In daily life, individuals perform dual or multitasks instead of single tasks naturally. Dual task is defined as the concurrent performance of two tasks that can be performed independently. Also dual tasks may be created from different tasks combinations such as a motor-motor dual task or motor-cognitive dual task. Therefore, aim of the study is to compare gait parameters with healthy controls in single and dual task conditions in children with Special Learning Difficulties.