Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Chang Yoon Baek, Hyun Sik Yoon, Hyeong Dong Kim, Kyoung Yee Kang
Summary: This study investigated the impact of dual-task interference on gait, balance, and cognitive function in stroke survivors. Results showed that dual-task interference significantly affected gait performance, balance, and cognitive abilities in individuals post-stroke. The degree of interference, whether in motor or cognitive tasks, had distinct effects on different aspects of function and performance in this population.
Article
Orthopedics
Chang Yoon Baek, Woo Nam Chang, Beom Yeol Park, Kyoung Bo Lee, Kyoung Yee Kang, Myung Ryul Choi
Summary: The study found that dual-task gait treadmill training significantly improved gait ability in people with chronic stroke in dual-task training and dual-task interference, making it more effective compared to single-task training.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Reinaldo Maeneja, Claudia R. Silva, Ines S. Ferreira, Ana Maria Abreu
Summary: This study confirms that aerobic physical exercise has greater benefits for cognitive recovery in stroke patients.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
A. Lisa Zukowski, E. Jaclyn Tennant, Gozde Iyigun, A. Carol Giuliani, Prudence Plummer
Summary: This study aimed to examine the effects of dual-task walking on cognitive performance, gait performance, and gaze behavior in older adult fallers compared to non-fallers in a high-distraction real-world environment. Results showed that all participants exhibited decrements in gait and cognitive performance during dual-task walking, and changes in gaze behavior from single- to dual-task walking. Non-fallers appeared to have more freedom to divert their gaze to less relevant environmental stimuli while walking, and different measures of fall risk impacted patterns of gaze behavior differently.
EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Pei-Jung Liang, Valeria J. Chiu, Yann-Cherng Teng, Huei-Ling Chiu, Shu-Chun Lee
Summary: Chronic stroke patients have more difficulty turning towards the paretic side, with longer turn durations and lower angular velocity. Turning towards the paretic side is associated with trunk flexibility, strength, and control, while no relationship is observed with turning towards the nonparetic side.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Yue Shu, Meng Meng Bi, Tian Tian Zhou, Lin Liu, Chao Zhang
Summary: This meta-analysis evaluated the effect of dual-task training on gait and balance improvement in stroke patients. The results showed that dual-task training can improve step length, cadence, stride length, and 10-meter walk test in stroke patients. Further research is needed to explore the potential benefits in improving balance function.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Lakshmi Pillai, Kunal Shah, Aliyah Glover, Tuhin Virmani
Summary: This study found that turning is a common trigger for freezing episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), which can lead to falls and fractures and decreased quality of life. The study also found increased foot-strike contact variability during turning and abnormal spatiotemporal gait measures in PD patients with Freezing of Gait (FOG). Developing targeted therapies to address these issues could help decrease episodes of freezing of gait.
Article
Rehabilitation
Johnny Collett, Melanie K. Fleming, Daan Meester, Emad Al-Yahya, Derick T. Wade, Andrea Dennis, Piergiorgio Salvan, Andrew Meaney, Janet Cockburn, Joanna Dawes, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Helen Dawes
Summary: The study found that improving dual-task walking ability may be more difficult for individuals who walk slowly. Brain function research showed increased activation of the prefrontal cortex and connectivity in good walkers after intervention.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Frederico Pieruccini-Faria, Benjamin Cornish, Malcolm Binns, Julia Fraser, Seyyed M. H. Haddad, Kelly Sunderland, Joel Ramirez, Derek Beaton, Donna Kwan, Allison A. Dilliott, Christopher Scott, Yanina Sarquis-Adamson, Alanna Black, Karen Van Ooteghem, Leanne Casaubon, Dar Dowlatshahi, Ayman Hassan, Jennifer Mandzia, Demetrios Sahlas, Gustavo Saposnik, Brian Tan, Robert Hegele, Dennis Bulman, Mahdi Ghani, John Robinson, Ekaterina Rogaeva, Sali Farhan, Sean Symons, Nuwan Nanayakkara, Stephen R. Arnott, Courtney Berezuk, Melissa Holmes, Sabrina Adamo, Miracle Ozzoude, Mojdeh Zamyadi, Wendy Lou, Sujeevini Sujanthan, Robert Bartha, Sandra E. Black, Richard H. Swartz, William McIlroy, Manuel Montero-Odasso, ONDRI Investigators
Summary: In older individuals with history of stroke, dual-task gait cost (DTC) is associated with increased hyperintensity volume in specific brain regions, particularly in the basal ganglia and thalamus. This change may affect cognitive processing and gait automaticity.
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xinyao Hu, Liyao Jia, Junpeng Tang, Qingsong Duan, Chao Chen, Zhong Zhao, Xingda Qu
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of backpack load on spatiotemporal turning gait parameters. Twelve young male participants performed 900 left turns under three backpack load conditions. The findings revealed that people might adjust their stepping patterns during turning when carrying moderate backpack load, which could increase the risk of falls. These insights provide practical implications for interventions in occupational settings to minimize fall risk.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Shinnosuke Nosaka, Ken Imada, Kazuya Saita, Hitoshi Okamura
Summary: This study examined the activation of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during dual-task seated stepping and walking in subacute stroke patients with hemiplegia, and evaluated the relationship between PFC activation, frontal lobe functions, and dual-task interference. The results showed that dual-task seated stepping significantly activated the PFC, while normal seated stepping had a significantly higher difference in hemoglobin concentration compared to the single task. In the walking task group, PFC activation was significantly higher during dual-task walking, normal walking, and the single task. Associations between PFC activation, frontal assessment battery (FAB) scores, and dual-task interference in the seated task group indicated significant positive correlations between FAB scores and cognitive performance with dual-task interference.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Farahnaz Fallahtafti, Julie B. Boron, Dawn M. Venema, Hyeon Jung Kim, Jennifer M. Yentes
Summary: Study on dual-task interference in older adults during walking and cognitive tasks revealed that there is a differential effect on gait and cognition, with higher cognitive cost for category fluency compared to letter fluency. In the case of letter fluency, maintaining cognitive performance resulted in sacrificing gait by increasing step width.
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Chang Liu, Jill L. L. McNitt-Gray, James M. M. Finley
Summary: This study examined the biomechanical effects of reactive control strategies following forward losses of balance in post-stroke individuals. The results showed that post-stroke participants had larger increases in forward angular momentum compared to neurotypical individuals when perturbations were applied to the paretic limb. Neurotypical individuals were able to coordinate reaction forces generated by both legs to reduce forward angular impulse, while post-stroke individuals did not reduce forward angular impulse or increase leading limb impulse using their paretic limb. Additionally, individuals with poorer balance and greater motor impairment made less use of the paretic limb to reduce forward momentum. These findings suggest that paretic deficits limit the ability to recover from forward loss of balance.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Edoardo Bianchini, Elke Warmerdam, Robbin Romijnders, Klarissa Hanja Stuerner, Ralf Baron, Sebastian Heinzel, Francesco Ernesto Pontieri, Clint Hansen, Walter Maetzler
Summary: Using a smartphone while walking can lead to en bloc turning, increasing the risk of falls. This turning behavior is particularly dangerous for individuals with Parkinson disease and may be used to differentiate individuals with lower-back pain and early Parkinson disease.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Marco Recenti, Paolo Gargiulo, Milan Chang, Sang Bae Ko, Tae Jung Kim, Seung Uk Ko
Summary: This study used machine learning to classify patients with stroke, neurological and movement disorders based on gait characteristics. The findings suggest that analyzing both single and dual-task gait performance is important, especially for older adults with a history of stroke. The results can be valuable for medical professionals in diagnosing and treating motor and neurological disorders, as well as improving rehabilitation strategies for stroke patients.
Review
Rehabilitation
Caroline Barnett, Rebecca Davis, Claire Mitchell, Sarah Tyson
Summary: This review examines the views of healthcare professionals towards patients with functional neurological disorder (FND). The study found that healthcare professionals experience uncertainty in diagnosing FND, defining their professional roles, and determining the best management for FND patients. Fear of saying the wrong thing, offending patients, or damaging the therapeutic relationship is also common among healthcare professionals. If healthcare professionals are uncertain about how to manage FND patients and pass them on to other disciplines, a vicious cycle is formed where patients are continuously passed on without receiving clear information or effective treatment. Increased training on FND and the establishment of clear clinical pathways could help alleviate healthcare professionals' uncertainty.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Caroline Barnett, Claire Mitchell, Sarah Tyson
Summary: Speech and language therapists working with patients with functional stroke found that patients were common on their caseloads but often did not receive optimal care. Despite their desire to help, they faced various barriers to effective input, including stigma around the diagnosis, lack of training, quick discharge from hospitals, limited mental health services access, and absence of clinical guidelines. Improving patient outcomes requires reducing stigma, raising awareness, and increasing knowledge about functional stroke.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Ulrike Hammerbeck, Mary Hargreaves, Kristen L. Hollands, Sarah Tyson
Summary: The study found that high repetition arm training early after stroke was acceptable to participants, as stroke survivors participated despite high levels of fatigue in hopes of personal benefit or benefiting future patients. Participants reported physical improvements, psychological benefits, improved understanding of their condition, as well as a sense of hope and distraction from the intervention.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Rehabilitation
Lutong Li, Qiang Fu, Sarah Tyson, Nick Preston, Andrew Weightman
Summary: This study identified and analyzed design requirements for home-based upper limb rehabilitation robots for stroke survivors, emphasizing the importance of functionality, usability, software, and safety. The main implementation barriers were related to space, operation, and cost.
TOPICS IN STROKE REHABILITATION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Orthopedics
Katharine Scrivener, Simone Dorsch, Annie McCluskey, Karl Schurr, Petra L. Graham, Zheng Cao, Roberta Shepherd, Sarah Tyson
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Agnes Wischke-Baltes, Sarah F. Tyson, Tobias Braun
Summary: The study translated the Brunel Balance Assessment (BBA) into German and found moderate construct validity for its use in German-speaking countries. The BBA showed correlations with other clinical outcome assessments and took an average of 17 +/- 4 minutes to complete. Further analysis of psychometric properties is needed.
Letter
Rehabilitation
Mark Vink, Alexandra Vink-Niese, Sarah F. Tyson
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Review
Rehabilitation
Helen Hawley-Hague, Reena Lasrado, Ellen Martinez, Emma Stanmore, Sarah Tyson
Summary: This review examines the feasibility, acceptability, and effects of remote physiotherapy. The findings suggest that remote physiotherapy is safe, feasible, and acceptable to patients, providing comparable outcomes to traditional care at a lower cost.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Sarah Tyson, Kristina Stanley, Toto Anne Gronlund, Sian Leary, Mike Emmans Dean, Claire Dransfield, Helen Baxter, Rachel Elliot, Rachel Ephgrave, Monica Bolton, Annette Barclay, Gemma Hoyes, Ben Marsh, Russell Fleming, Joan Crawford, Ann West, Opal Webster-Phillips, Cristina Betts, Susan O'Shea, Vinod Patel, Sonya Chowdhury
Summary: Using online surveys and workshops, the research priorities of people with ME/CFS and their supporters and caregivers were identified. These priorities primarily focus on the biomedical causes of ME/CFS, as well as its diagnosis, treatment, and management.
FATIGUE-BIOMEDICINE HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Samantha Jones, Sarah Tyson, Janelle Yorke
Summary: This study developed a measure called the Manchester Needs Tool for Injured Children (MANTIC) to assess the needs of injured children and their families during the recovery process. Interviews with injured children and parents generated 64 items, and the tool showed good reliability and validity in testing. The MANTIC is now freely available for clinical or research use.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Nicola Clague-Baker, Sarah Tyson, Karen Leslie, Helen Dawes, Michelle Bull, Natalie Hilliard
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a home-based testing protocol to measure physiological responses in individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) during everyday activities. The study found that measuring physiological parameters during everyday activities was feasible for individuals with different severities of ME, and activities must be adapted according to the severity to avoid symptom exacerbation.
FATIGUE-BIOMEDICINE HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Samantha Jones, Sarah Tyson, Naomi Davis, Janelle Yorke
Summary: Injured children and families have a need for effective communication and information exchange, as well as flexible learning arrangements and environmental adaptations to facilitate their recovery and social integration.
JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Clinical Neurology
Kate Scrivener, Simone Dorsch, Annie McCluskey, Karl Schurr, Petra Graham, Roberta Shepherd, Sarah Tyson
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Matthew Gittins, David Lugo-Palacios, Andy Vail, Audrey Bowen, Lizz Paley, Benjamin Bray, Sarah Tyson
Summary: This study created a classification system based on stroke-related impairments, identifying seven common combinations of impairments. The severity of stroke was associated with age, premorbid disability, mortality, and disability on discharge. Patients with the most and least severe categories were least likely to receive therapy and received less therapy compared to those with moderately severe categories.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Maximilian G. Parker, Andrew P. Weightman, Sarah F. Tyson, Bruce Abbott, Warren Mansell
Summary: Sensorimotor delays result in humans acting based on outdated information, where a position extrapolation model effectively compensates for these delays, especially when tracking predictable targets.
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Nina Gras, Torsten Brauner, Scott Wearing, Thomas Horstmann
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the challenge posed by progressively unstable balance devices to bipedal stance during early functional rehabilitation in THA patients. The results showed that increasingly compliant balance pads provided a progressive challenge, while the challenge posed by the oscillating platform was lower and independent of the ability to stand independently.
Article
Neurosciences
Sharon M. H. Tsang, Evest H. W. Chan, Jason Y. H. Chan, Gladys P. Y. Huang, Kelly K. T. Lam, Eunice W. Y. Lam, Allan C. L. Fu, Eliza R. Sun
Summary: This study examined the differences in postural adjustments between erect, hyperlordotic, and swayback postures when facing external perturbations. The findings suggest that adopting hyperlordotic and swayback postures alters the contributions of the active and passive subsystems of the spine in postural control, potentially reducing the spine's ability to withstand loading and shear forces.
Article
Neurosciences
Hsin-yi Wang, Cheng-Yi Ho, Min-Chun Pan
Summary: This study investigated the differences in lumbar and hip movements during gait and muscle activities related to knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients and healthy participants. The results showed that KOA patients used a hyperlordotic lumbar and hip flexed strategy, leading to excessive stress on the lower extremity joints during gait.
Article
Neurosciences
Yoshitaka Otani, Osamu Aoki
Summary: This study found that feelings of fear affect postural control but not the internal focus of attention. This finding may be useful in assessments and interventions for older adults with a fall risk.
Article
Neurosciences
Haruki Toda, Hiroaki Hobara, Mitsunori Tada
Summary: This study investigated sex differences in lower limb dynamic joint stiffness (DJS) during walking in older adults. The results showed that ankle DJS was lower in older women, which was caused by the reduced ankle plantarflexion moment. However, knee DJS did not elucidate the cause of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in older women.
Article
Neurosciences
Luis H. Cubillos, Elliott J. Rouse, Thomas E. Augenstein, Varun Joshi, Edward S. Claflin, Chandramouli Krishnan
Summary: The study found that the reliability of stiffness, viscosity, and inertia of the ankle joint was good to excellent during standing. During walking, the reliability of stiffness and viscosity was also good to excellent, while that of inertia was fair to good. The minimal detectable change (MDC) ranged widely, but was higher for inertia during walking.
Article
Neurosciences
Alexandra F. Dejong Lempke, Danielle L. Hunt, Sarah B. Willwerth, Pierre A. d'Hemecourt, William P. Meehan III, Kristin E. Whitney
Summary: Adolescent athletes alter their gait patterns throughout a marathon race, and there are correlations between biomechanical features and race performance among young marathoners.
Article
Neurosciences
Ali Esmaeili, Sayed Esmaeil Hosseininejad, Amirali Jafarnezhadgero, Valdeci Carlos Dionisio
Summary: This study investigates the effects of footwear type, navicular drop and ankle pronation on lower limb joint stiffness during running. The results show that navicular drop and dynamic ankle pronation do not affect joint stiffness, but footwear type significantly affects joint stiffness. Conventional footwear increases ankle and hip joint stiffness while reducing knee joint stiffness, which may have implications for injury risk.
Article
Neurosciences
Takahiro Watanabe, Tomoya Takabayashi, Takanori Kikumoto, Yudai Kikuchi, Shunsuke Suzuki, Shiori Hiratsuka, Masayoshi Kubo
Summary: This study suggests that there are differences in abductor hallucis activity between individuals with chronic ankle instability and ankle sprain copers, indicating neuromuscular dysfunction in these patients, which leads to pain and instability symptoms.
Letter
Neurosciences
Susan M. Linder, Mandy Miller Koop, Jay L. Alberts
Article
Neurosciences
Elza van Duijnhoven, Marit van der Veen, Fieke S. Koopman, Frans Nollet, Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Merel-Anne Brehm
Summary: Gait stability is impaired in polio survivors with plantarflexor weakness, characterized by increased step width and step length variability and lower MoSAP. These factors are related to the elevated energy cost of walking in polio survivors.
Article
Neurosciences
Rebecca Hemming, Alister du Rose, Liba Sheeran, Robert van Deursen, Valerie Sparkes
Summary: In a forward bending task, there is a relationship between trunk muscle activation and regional thoracic and lumbar kinematics in NSCLBP subgroups, indicating different motor control strategies adopted by different subgroups when performing bending tasks.
Review
Neurosciences
Carina Pohle, Linda Becker, Jochen Baumeister
Summary: This systematic review is the first to compile evidence on the effect of the menstrual cycle on postural control. The evidence regarding the influence of the menstrual cycle on postural control is unclear. However, a trend of decreased postural control from the early follicular phase to the ovulatory phase was observed in balance tasks that eliminated or altered sensory input.
