Gait freezing in Parkinson’s disease is lessened when flooring has large, transverse rectangular visual cues, according to new research findings. Gait freezing occurs when people with Parkinson’s ...

The way you walk, something you likely perform automatically thousands of times daily, contains a wealth of information about your overall health. Gait analysis, once primarily the domain of elite ...

To illustrate this process, consider the dysfunction of the right knee of the young man (SR) with cerebral palsy spastic diplegia (Video 3). One can readily appreciate from the video presentation that ...

Gait disorders manifest themselves in various ways. In many cases, pathological gait patterns are actually accompanying effects or can even be symptomatic of an underlying disease. For this reason, ...

Helen Dawes is Director of International Affairs of PhysioBiometrics Inc. she receives funding from NIHR Exeter Biomedical Resarch Council and NIHR Exeter Sustainable Health Technology Centre. Nancy ...

"Gait variability" is a term used to describe stride-to-stride fluctuations in timing and distance traversed as someone walks. Source: Hamsterfreund/Pixabay Key points: New research into the ...

An unsteady gait refers to a pattern of walking that’s unstable. This can increase your risk of injury if left unmanaged. Using walking aids and making some small changes to your environment can help.

Correspondence to Professor Irene Davis, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02138, USA; isdavis{at}partners.org Several aspects of the ...