Opioids are commonly prescribed to manage pain, but their effects on movement and coordination can pose serious risks, particularly for older adults. One major concern is their impact on gait. Changes ...

You’ve probably been putting one foot in front of the other without a second thought, but chances are you’re walking wrong.

Professor Karlo Malaga leads research focusing on pinpointing specific areas in the subthalamic region where deep brain ...

Gait analysis ... distribution under each foot during walking, creating detailed footprint maps that reveal subtle load asymmetries and pressure abnormalities invisible to the eye.

I love walking: it’s free, low-impact, and boosts both your mental and physical health. I average around 8,000 steps a day, which means I’m perfectly placed to test out the latest and best walking ...

Fully instrumented gait analysis (FGA) can provide valuable insights into gait abnormalities associated with some rare ... in achondroplasia and other rare bone diseases were reduced walking speed and ...

Abstract: Gait abnormalities are common in the older population owing to aging- and disease-related changes in physical and neurological functions. Differentiating the causes of gait abnormalities is ...

Spatiotemporal gait parameters, i.e., walking speed (m/s), cadence (steps/min), step time (sec), step length (m), stride time (sec), stride length (m), double support % of the gait cycle (% GC), and ...

The proposed method divides pedestrian motion into stationary, walking, and running stages, and designs zero-velocity detection signal features and methods according to the gait. On this basis, the ...

Background: Freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is a devastating clinical phenomenon that has a detrimental impact on patients. It tends to be triggered more often during turning ...