Review
Neurosciences
Marie B. Semaan, Laura Wallard, Valentin Ruiz, Christophe Gillet, Sebastien Leteneur, Emilie Simoneau-Buessinger
Summary: This study compared the effects of treadmill and overground walking on biomechanical, electromyographical, and energy consumption outcomes. The results showed that most outcome measures were comparable between the two conditions. However, there were differences in kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic parameters, which should be considered by clinicians, trainers, and researchers when designing protocols.
Article
Orthopedics
Kanika Bansal, David J. Clark, Emily J. Fox, Dorian K. Rose
Summary: This study found that poststroke forward walking speed is positively related to backward walking speed, but this relationship is influenced by individual perceived falls efficacy. People with lower falls efficacy can predict backward walking speed from forward walking speed, whereas as falls efficacy increases, backward walking speed becomes a separate construct from forward walking speed.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Mingi Jung, Seungbum Koo
Summary: This study analyzes the gait differences caused by the physical factors of treadmill walking. The results show that the lower-limb joint kinematics are the same under ideal treadmill conditions, regardless of body mass and walking speed. However, kinematic differences are observed under non-ideal treadmill conditions.
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Orthopedics
Lucas R. Nascimento, Augusto Boening, Abilio Galli, Janaine C. Polese, Louise Ada
Summary: This systematic review suggests that treadmill walking has the same or better effect on walking speed and distance in ambulatory people after stroke compared to overground walking, but the long-term effects and carryover benefits to participation remain uncertain.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
(2021)
Review
Rehabilitation
Mariah Balinski, Sangeetha Madhavan
Summary: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the number of treadmill training sessions needed to make a meaningful change in gait speed for chronic stroke survivors. The study found that at least 30 treadmill sessions (preferably within 10 weeks, with each session lasting at least 40 minutes) are necessary to achieve a meaningful change in gait speed.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Orthopedics
Simone Dorsch, Louise Ada, Tiffany Sorial, Emma Fanayan
Summary: This review found a strong relationship between muscle strength of the affected leg and walking speed after stroke, with little variability across individual muscle groups. However, the level of walking disability does affect this relationship, with more disabled individuals showing a stronger correlation between muscle strength and walking speed.
Article
Neurosciences
Kyra Theunissen, Bas Van Hooren, Guy Plasqui, Kenneth Meijer
Summary: Self-paced and fixed-paced treadmill walking yield similar energetics and kinematics in healthy young individuals when mean values or linear measures of variation are of interest. There were no significant differences in net cost of walking, spatiotemporal outcomes, or sagittal-plane lower-limb kinematics between the self-paced and fixed-paced conditions. Within-trial variability was also not significantly different between conditions.
Article
Neurosciences
Anke Van Bladel, Roel De Ridder, Tanneke Palmans, Kristine Oostra, Dirk Cambier
Summary: Self-paced treadmill walking can be used as an equivalent to fixed-speed treadmill walking in individuals after stroke. Most spatiotemporal parameters, kinematic and kinetic curves are similar between self-paced and fixed-speed conditions, with only minor differences in step length variability and symmetry.
HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Shannon B. Lim, Dennis R. Louie, Sue Peters, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Lara A. Boyd, Janice J. Eng
Summary: Investigations into real-time brain activations during walking post-stroke have shown differences in brain activation compared to healthy individuals, with different components of gait leading to different brain activations. Asymmetrical activations during gait were closely related to performance asymmetry, while hyperactivations often decreased with walking interventions and improved walking performance.
JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Ahnsei Shon, Kiralyn Brakel, Michelle Hook, Hangue Park
Summary: Close-loop distal-tibial nerve stimulation to augment plantar cutaneous feedback increased ankle plantarflexion during walking and changed other gait kinematic parameters. A strong after-effect was detected in overall gait kinematics and ankle plantarflexion after stimulation trials, suggesting potential for producing long-term changes in gait kinematics.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Review
Orthopedics
Lucas R. Nascimento, Rafaela J. S. Rocha, Augusto Boening, Gabriel P. Ferreira, Mikaella C. Perovano
Summary: A systematic review found that home-based exercises are as effective as equivalent doses of centre-based exercises for improving walking speed and balance after stroke. The effects of these two types of exercise remained comparable beyond the intervention period.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Anke Van Bladel, Roel De Ridder, Tanneke Palmans, Ruth Van der Looven, Dirk Cambier
Summary: This study examined the use of a self-paced treadmill as an alternative for overground gait analysis in persons after stroke. The results showed that although the velocity on the treadmill was slower, there were significant changes in other spatiotemporal parameters. Therefore, the use of a self-paced treadmill should be considered when performing gait analysis in persons after stroke.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Xin Zhang, Yanting Lu, Jung Hung Chien, Chenlei Fu, Zhe Zhou, Hua Li, Gongwei Hu, Tianbao Sun
Summary: The study investigated the gait pattern of stroke survivors walking on different inclines and found that increasing incline significantly increased the peak values of hip flexion and knee flexion, but did not affect the peak values of the ankle joint in the paretic leg. Stroke survivors exhibited lower joint range of motion compared to healthy controls.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Brice Cleland, Sangeetha Madhavan
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between walking speed and spatiotemporal symmetry in chronic stroke patients, as well as to understand the effects of High-Intensity Speed-Based Treadmill Training (HISTT) on walking spatiotemporal symmetry. The results showed that walking speed was associated with spatiotemporal symmetry, and while HISTT improved walking speed, it did not systematically improve or worsen spatiotemporal symmetry.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Aditi Gupta, Damian G. Kelty-Stephen, Madhur Mangalam, Ryan J. McKindles, Leia Stirling
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of visual and tactile-visual dual-task on gait performance. The results showed that gait characteristics are influenced by walking speed and dual-task modality, and are more sensitive to changes in speed than the presence of a dual task.
APPLIED ERGONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Robotics
Mehmet Temel, Katherine S. Rudolph, Sunil K. Agrawal
Article
Physiology
Joshua D. Winters, Katherine S. Rudolph
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Neurosciences
Trisha M. Kesar, Darcy S. Reisman, Ramu Perumal, Angela M. Jancosko, Jill S. Higginson, Katherine S. Rudolph, Stuart A. Binder-Macleod
Article
Neurosciences
Joseph A. Zeni, Katherine Rudolph, Jill S. Higginson
JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY
(2010)
Article
Orthopedics
Deepak Kumar, Katherine S. Rudolph, Kurt T. Manal
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH
(2012)
Article
Orthopedics
D. Kumar, K. T. Manal, K. S. Rudolph
OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
(2013)
Article
Orthopedics
Margaret A. Roos, Katherine S. Rudolph, Darcy S. Reisman
Article
Clinical Neurology
Trisha M. Kesar, Ramu Perumal, Darcy S. Reisman, Angela Jancosko, Katherine S. Rudolph, Jill S. Higginson, Stuart A. Binder-Macleod
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Jaclyn Megan Sions, Christine M. Tyrell, Brian A. Knarr, Angela Jancosko, Stuart A. Binder-Macleod
JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY
(2012)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Darcy Reisman, Trisha Kesar, Ramu Perumal, Margaret Roos, Katherine Rudolph, Jill Higginson, Erin Helm, Stuart Binder-Macleod
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGIC PHYSICAL THERAPY
(2013)
Article
Orthopedics
Katherine S. Rudolph, Matthew Cloutier, Scott Stackhouse
Summary: This study compared the pain-inhibitory effect of NMES to volitional contractions and noxious electrical stimulation (NxES). The results showed that both NMES and NxES were effective in reducing pain, especially when muscle activation failure was present. These findings suggest that NMES can provide pain relief and improve functional outcomes in patients.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Margaret A. Roos, Darcy S. Reisman, Gregory E. Hicks, William Rose, Katherine S. Rudolph
JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(2016)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Darcy S. Reisman, Katherine S. Rudolph, William B. Farquhar
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
(2009)