Analysis at the CHLA pediatric gait lab plays a critical role in determining the most effective treatments for children with ...

Gait is a significant factor that affects human health, and monitoring a person's gait with sensing devices during daily life can detect abnormal gait events that affect numerous physical health ...

Mitochondrial abnormalities, or problems in cells' powerhouses, contribute to nerve cell death linked to motor control in MS, ...

Walking inefficiently through overstriding, poor posture, and uncoordinated breathing can drain energy and cause fatigue ...

The researchers impaired balance using three tools: ankle braces, eye-blocking masks, and air jets that pushed against their ...

Gait analysis also helps clinicians determine primary and secondary gait pathologies. This means gait problems directly caused by a person’s condition versus those generated by methods they use to ...

Digital Gait Labs, a Dublin-based healthtech company, is leveraging the Spark crowdfunding platform to raise €625,000 in its upcoming funding round. Founded by Aidan Boran, Larry Keaveney, John ...

Poor gait reduces confidence, increases fall risk, and can discourage people from walking at all. And the less we walk, the weaker our muscles become – making the problem worse.

New gait problems that develop relatively suddenly warrant prompt attention, especially when accompanied by other neurological symptoms like vertigo, headaches, visual changes, or sensory alterations.

A new “smart insole” system that transmits data based on a person’s gait could one day provide earlier warnings of dementia, orthopedic issues and lumbar disc problems, a recent study says.

However, for those with hemiplegic gait, even taking a simple step can be very hard. Hemiplegic gait is a type of walking problem caused by weakness or paralysis on one side of the body.