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The interdependency of peak pressure and pressure–time integral in pressure studies on diabetic footwear: No need to report both parameters
26 September 2011
Highlights: ► Peak pressure (MPP) and peak pressure–time integral (PTI) may be interchangeable. ► We examined the interdependency of MPP and PTI in diabetic footwear. ► MPP and PTI are interdependent ...
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R. Waaijman,
S.A. Bus
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1-5
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Strategies used during a challenging weighted walking task in healthy adults and individuals with knee osteoarthritis
03 October 2011
Highlights: ► Healthy adults and those with knee OA walked at 1.0 m/s unweighted and with a weight vest. ► Healthy adults respond differently to weighted walking than individuals with knee OA. ► Weigh...
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Andrew J. Kubinski,
Jill S. Higginson
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6-10
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Postural sway during quiet standing is related to physiological tremor and muscle volume in young and elderly adults
22 August 2011
Abstract: To examine the age-related deterioration in postural control, we investigated the association between postural sway during quiet standing and either amplitude of physiological tremor or musc...
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Motoki Kouzaki,
Kei Masani
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11-17
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Concurrent validation of a magnetometer-based step counter in various walking surfaces
26 September 2011
Highlights: ► We develop a new quantitative gait assessment based on one shank magnetometer (MAG system). ► MAG system step counting is compared to two other step counting approaches. ► The three step...
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Estelle Raffin,
Stéphane Bonnet,
Pascal Giraux
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18-22
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Is age or speed the predominant factor in the development of trunk movement in normally developing children?
26 August 2011
Highlights: ► No systematic evaluation of the normal trunk movement development has yet been made. ► We analyzed data of n=85 healthy normal-walking children. ► Sagittal thorax and spine movement was ...
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Yvonne Thummerer,
Rüdiger von Kries,
Michael-Andor Marton,
Andreas Beyerlein
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23-28
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Adjustments after an ankle dorsiflexion perturbation during human running
29 August 2011
Abstract: In this study we investigated the effect of a mechanical perturbation of unexpected timing during human running. With the use of a powered exoskeleton, we evoked a dorsiflexion of the right ...
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M. Scohier,
D. De Jaeger,
B. Schepens
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29-35
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Kinematic strategies for walking across a destabilizing rock surface
05 September 2011
Abstract: It is important to understand how people adapt their gait when walking in real-world conditions with variable surface characteristics. This study quantified lower-extremity joint kinematics,...
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Deanna H. Gates,
Jason M. Wilken,
Shawn J. Scott,
Emily H. Sinitski,
Jonathan B. Dingwell
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36-42
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Functional correlates of gait and balance difficulty in essential tremor: Balance confidence, near misses and falls
20 September 2011
Highlights: ► We assessed balance confidence, falls and near misses in essential tremor cases. ► Balance confidence was lower in essential tremor cases than controls. ► Near misses in the past year we...
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Elan D. Louis,
Ashwini K. Rao,
Marina Gerbin
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43-47
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Recurrence quantification analysis of gait in normal and hypovestibular subjects
07 September 2011
Abstract: The study of postural control processes during locomotion may provide useful outcome measures of stability for people with unilateral vestibular hypofunction (UVH). Since nonlinear analysis ...
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Francesca Sylos Labini,
Annalisa Meli,
Yuri P. Ivanenko,
Davide Tufarelli
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48-55
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Impact of stroke on anterior–posterior force generation prior to seat-off during sit-to-walk
07 September 2011
Highlights: ► Post-stroke, there is a risk of falling during transfers, such as sit-to-walk (STW). ► Force generation during STW was examined in a stroke and a control group. ► Intra- and interlimb dy...
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Gunilla E. Frykberg,
Tomas Thierfelder,
Anna Cristina Åberg,
Kjartan Halvorsen,
Jörgen Borg,
Helga Hirschfeld
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56-60
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Contralateral hip and knee gait biomechanics are unchanged by total hip replacement for unilateral hip osteoarthritis
07 September 2011
Abstract: Both the hip and knee contralateral to a total hip replacement (THR) have an increased risk of osteoarthritis (OA) progression, and ultimate joint replacement. It is also known that abnormal...
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Kharma C. Foucher,
Markus A. Wimmer
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61-65
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Walking speed, unilateral leg loading, and step symmetry in young adults
07 September 2011
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of gait speed and unilateral lower limb loading on step time and step length symmetry in healthy adults. Spatiotemporal gait data were co...
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Einat Kodesh,
Michal Kafri,
Gali Dar,
Ruth Dickstein
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66-69
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The effect of an exercise ball on trunk muscle responses to rapid limb movement
03 November 2011
Highlights: ► We determined the effect of an exercise ball on trunk muscles responses. ► Timing and magnitude of responses to rapid arm and leg movements was examined. ► Earlier and larger trunk muscl...
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H. Weaver,
D. Vichas,
P.H. Strutton,
I. Sorinola
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70-77
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The effects of symmetric and asymmetric foot placements on sit-to-stand joint moments
05 September 2011
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of symmetric and asymmetric foot placements on joint moments during sit-to-stand movements. Three symmetric (foot-neutral, foot-back, a...
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Jason C. Gillette,
Catherine A. Stevermer
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78-82
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Joint coordination in young and older adults during quiet stance: Effect of visual feedback of the center of pressure
03 October 2011
Highlights: ► We investigated the body sway and joint coordination of young and older adults during quiet stance. ► The effect of the use of visual feedback of the center of pressure position was also...
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Sandra Maria Sbeghen Ferreira Freitas,
Marcos Duarte
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83-87
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The effects of muscle strength on center of pressure-based measures of postural sway in obese and heavy athletic individuals
26 September 2011
Highlights: ► A heavier and stronger athletic group swayed similarly to an obese sedentary group. ► Increased sway in heavy individuals is not related to lower muscular strength. ► Strength training f...
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Grant A. Handrigan,
Felix Berrigan,
Olivier Hue,
Martin Simoneau,
Philippe Corbeil,
Angelo Tremblay,
Normand Teasdale
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88-91
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Transitioning to a narrow path: The impact of fear of falling in older adults
26 September 2011
Abstract: Background: Everyday ambulation requires navigation of variable terrain, transitions from wide to narrow pathways, and avoiding obstacles. While the effect of age on the transition to a narr...
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Pamela Dunlap,
Subashan Perera,
Jessie M. VanSwearingen,
David Wert,
Jennifer S. Brach
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92-95
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Gait assessment in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: The effect of dual-task challenges across the cognitive spectrum
23 September 2011
Highlights: ► We tested gait under single and dual-task conditions in adults with normal cognition, MCI, and AD. ► Single-task testing, walking at usual speed, did not distinguish between the three gr...
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Susan W. Muir,
Mark Speechley,
Jennie Wells,
Michael Borrie,
Karen Gopaul,
Manuel Montero-Odasso
et al.
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96-100
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Abnormal muscle activation during gait in diabetes patients with and without neuropathy
18 November 2011
Highlights: ► Abnormal muscle activation in diabetic and neuropathic subjects, comparison with controls. ► Lower limb muscle activation was acquired during gait through surface emg. ► Peak of envelope...
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Zimi Sawacha,
Fabiola Spolaor,
Gabriella Guarneri,
Paola Contessa,
Elena Carraro,
Andrea Venturin,
Angelo Avogaro,
Claudio Cobelli
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101-105
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Dynamic stability control during volitional stepping: A focus on the restabilisation phase at movement termination
24 October 2011
Highlights: ► We sought to advance understanding of stability control during voluntary stepping. ► Incongruity between peak and final centre of mass position was quantified. ► Incongruity occurred in ...
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Jonathan C. Singer,
Stephen D. Prentice,
William E. McIlroy
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106-110
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Synergy of EMG patterns in gait as an objective measure of muscle selectivity in children with spastic cerebral palsy
19 September 2011
Abstract: Selective motor control (SMC) is an important determinant of functioning in cerebral palsy (CP). Currently its assessment is based on subjective clinical tests with a low sensitivity. Electr...
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Esther Zwaan,
Jules G. Becher,
Jaap Harlaar
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111-115
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Arm swing asymmetry in Parkinson's disease measured with ultrasound based motion analysis during treadmill gait
30 September 2011
Highlights: ► Limb motion during treadmill gait was analysed in early Parkinson's disease (PD). ► Patients had a highly significant increase of arm swing asymmetry versus controls. ► Reduced arm retro...
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J. Roggendorf,
S. Chen,
S. Baudrexel,
S. van de Loo,
C. Seifried,
R. Hilker
et al.
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116-120
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Outdoor dynamic subject-specific evaluation of internal stresses in the residual limb: Hydraulic energy-stored prosthetic foot compared to conventional energy-stored prosthetic feet
28 September 2011
Highlights: ► We calculated internal stresses in the residuum of transtibial amputation patients. ► Subjects walked on various terrains with hydraulic or conventional prosthetic feet. ► We found a dec...
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Sigal Portnoy,
Anat Kristal,
Amit Gefen,
Itzhak Siev-Ner
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121-125
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Gait and cognition: The relationship between gait stability and variability with executive function in persons with and without dementia
03 October 2011
Highlights: ► The relation between executive function (EF) and gait variability in dual task gait. ► Differences between Alzheimer patients and old and younger controls. ► Dementia patients showed a l...
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Trienke IJmker,
Claudine J.C. Lamoth
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126-130
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Gait pattern classification in children with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A
23 September 2011
Abstract: Gait pattern classification may assist in clinical decision making and cluster analysis (CA) has been often adopted to this aim. The goal of this study was to identify, through CA, typical w...
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M. Ferrarin,
G. Bovi,
M. Rabuffetti,
P. Mazzoleni,
A. Montesano,
E. Pagliano,
A. Marchi,
A. Magro,
C. Marchesi,
D. Pareyson,
I. Moroni
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131-137
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An optimized Kalman filter for the estimate of trunk orientation from inertial sensors data during treadmill walking
03 November 2011
Highlights: ► A Kalman filter for the estimate of trunk bending during walking using inertial sensor is proposed. ► Data were collected from 15 healthy subjects walking on a treadmill at slow, natural...
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Claudia Mazzà,
Marco Donati,
John McCamley,
Pietro Picerno,
Aurelio Cappozzo
et al.
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138-142
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The effects of grade and speed on leg muscle activations during walking
03 October 2011
Highlights: ► Leg muscle activities during level, uphill, and downhill walking at various speeds. ► Hip, knee, and ankle extensor muscle activities increase with steeper uphill grade. ► Only knee exte...
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Jason R. Franz,
Rodger Kram
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143-147
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Spring-like Ankle Foot Orthoses reduce the energy cost of walking by taking over ankle work
03 November 2011
Highlights: ► The mechanical behavior of a spring-like AFO was studied in 10 patients. ► The spring-like AFO did not augment ankle push-off. ► The spring-like AFO took over part of the ankle work. ► T...
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D.J.J. Bregman,
J. Harlaar,
C.G.M. Meskers,
V. de Groot
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148-153
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Rapid force generation is impaired in cerebral palsy and is related to decreased muscle size and functional mobility
19 September 2011
Abstract: Limb movements involving contraction times of 50–200ms occur in many everyday activities, such as gait, which is faster than the time required to generate maximal force. Therefore, the abili...
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Noelle G. Moreau,
Michael J. Falvo,
Diane L. Damiano
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154-158
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Why does older adults’ balance become less stable when walking and performing a secondary task? Examination of attentional switching abilities
03 October 2011
Highlights: ► Balance-impaired elders shift attention during dual-tasks less efficiently than healthy elders. ► Shifting attention is a component of executive attention function. ► We compared the per...
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Teresa D. Hawkes,
Ka-Chun Siu,
Patima Silsupadol,
Marjorie H. Woollacott
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159-163
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Walking while talking: Investigation of alternate forms
26 September 2011
Highlights: ► We tested alternate forms of the walking while talking (WWT) dual task. ► Four WWT trials with initial letter from beginning (a, b) or mid-alphabet (m, n). ► Differences between beginnin...
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Tamar C. Brandler,
Mooyeon Oh-Park,
Cuiling Wang,
Roee Holtzer,
Joe Verghese
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164-166
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Test–retest reliability and descriptive statistics of geometric measurements based on plantar pressure measurements in a healthy population during gait
14 September 2011
Abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that pressure, force, area, and time measurements can be reliably collected from pedobaragraphic platforms, but no studies have analyzed geometric measurem...
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Jonathan S. Akins,
Karen A. Keenan,
Timothy C. Sell,
John P. Abt,
Scott M. Lephart
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167-169
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Relationships between motor function and gait-related dual-task interference after stroke: A pilot study
30 September 2011
Highlights: ► Slow walking speed is associated with greater dual-task costs on gait after stroke. ► Motor impairment severity is associated with increased dual-task interference. ► Paretic single limb...
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Prudence Plummer-D’Amato,
Lori J.P. Altmann
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170-172
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Responsiveness of the single-limb stance test
05 September 2011
Responsiveness is a critical measurement property that has received less attention to date than other measurement properties such as reliability and validity. In a recent short communication in Gait a...
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Richard W. Bohannon
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Reply to the comment “Responsiveness of the single-limb stance test”
We thank Dr. Bohannon for his thoughtful comments on our recent Short Communication on single-leg-stance-time (SLST) in older adults. We wholeheartedly agree that responsiveness as a key measurement...
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Allon Goldberg,
Allison Casby,
Michelle Wasielewski
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