The speed at which you walk can reveal profound insights into your brain's rate of ageing – with slower walkers having ...

Normal walking involves a remarkably complex sequence of events that most people execute without conscious thought. Each gait cycle consists of stance phases where the foot contacts the ground and ...

Your gait is your pattern of walking, which can be influenced by age, mood, and personality. A normal gait is a cycle of the stance phase where your feet touch the ground and the swing phase where ...

Walking like John Cleese's character, Mr. Teabag, in Monty Python's famous "Ministry of Silly Walks" skit requires considerably more energy expenditure than a normal walking gait because the ...

On the basis of gait variability scores, Teabag's walk was judged to be up to 6.7 times more variable than typical walking, while that of Putey's was only 3.3 times more variable," the study read.

Amputees given new bionic legs can walk naturally and at a normal speed in a “miraculous” world-first scientific breakthrough. Robotic legs built by scientists and engineers at Massachusetts ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you address the issues that come with the diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus? My 82-year-old husband was diagnosed with NPH after experiencing a slow decline in walking ...

"Smart" prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a natural walking gait, but it's done through robotic sensors and algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates.