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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael H. Schwartz, Katherine M. Steele, Andrew J. Ries, Andrew G. Georgiadis, Bruce A. MacWilliams
Summary: Walking is a crucial skill with significant positive impacts on health, function, and well-being. However, various disorders can impair walking through complex mechanisms. This study proposes a comprehensive model to quantify the causes and consequences of walking impairments, and demonstrates its potential utility in clinical care and addressing scientific questions related to walking.
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Chemistry, Analytical
Maartje M. S. Hendriks, Marije Vos-van der Hulst, Ralf W. J. Weijs, Jaap H. van Lotringen, Alexander C. H. Geurts, Noel L. W. Keijsers
Summary: This study objectively assessed and compared gait capacity and performance in rehabilitation inpatients with stroke or iSCI using IMUs. The results showed that gait capacity can be effectively assessed and is strongly related to gait performance, with spontaneous gait speed being lower than capacity-based gait speed.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Anisha Suri, Andrea L. Rosso, Jessie VanSwearingen, Leslie M. Coffman, Mark S. Redfern, Jennifer S. Brach, Ervin Sejdic
Summary: The study found that gait quality measures in the clinic were associated with real-life mobility in the community, with parameters such as gait smoothness, speed, symmetry, and regularity being related to Life-Space Assessment.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Faustyna Manikowska, Sabina Brazevic, Marek Jozwiak, Maria K. Lebiedowska
Summary: The coexistence of overlapping impairments affects the knee pattern in the swing phase of walking in children with cerebral palsy. Hypertonia of knee extensors has the strongest impact on knee flexion range-of-motion.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Leon Ingelse, Diogo Branco, Hristijan Gjoreski, Tiago Guerreiro, Raquel Bouca-Machado, Joaquim J. Ferreira
Summary: This paper proposes a lightweight personalized alternative for accurately recognizing gait instances in people with severe motor impairments. By fine-tuning a general model with personalized data, the personalized approach improves overall accuracy and particularly benefits those participants who are ill-represented by the general model. The results suggest the importance of exploring alternative approaches that value personalization rather than relying on datasets that may not adequately represent the differences in individuals with neurological conditions.
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Neurosciences
B. A. Petersen, P. J. Sparto, L. E. Fisher
Summary: The study aims to determine the relationship between sensory impairments and clinical functional measures of balance and gait in individuals with a lower-limb amputation. The findings suggest that sensory impairments do not significantly affect functional measures in this population.
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Rehabilitation
Gamze Erturk, Nazif Ekin Akalan, Halenur Evrendilek, Gulsah Karaca, Fuat Bilgili
Summary: The One-Leg-Standing-Test is correlated with the gross-motor-function-measurement and single-limb support time for children with unilateral cerebral palsy. The single-limb support time value may be used to describe stability in stance during walking.
PHYSIOTHERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Mirjam Bonanno, Angela Militi, Francesca La Fauci Belponer, Rosaria De Luca, Danilo Leonetti, Angelo Quartarone, Irene Ciancarelli, Giovanni Morone, Rocco Salvatore Calabro
Summary: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a congenital and permanent neurological disorder that affects gross motor functions. Robotic devices, with their biomechanical features, can easily adapt to CP children and provide better motor recovery and enjoyment.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Shirley Shema-Shiratzky, Yiftah Beer, Amit Mor, Avi Elbaz
Summary: This study aimed to determine the concurrent validity of gait parameters obtained using smartphone technology and application. The results showed that there was a strong correlation and agreement between the smartphone and traditional methods in assessing gait parameters. This indicates that smartphones can be considered as a valid tool for gait analysis in patients with musculoskeletal pathologies.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk, Gabor J. Barton, Ida Wiszomirska, Michal Wychowanski
Summary: The study found that female patients after bilateral HV correction did not show improved gait parameters at 18 weeks postoperatively, but rather exhibited more abnormalities in their gait compared to preoperatively. This highlights the need for longer-term postoperative rehabilitation planning and continual evaluation of gait improvement.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lidia Castillo-Mariqueo, M. Jose Perez-Garcia, Lydia Gimenez-Llort
Summary: The study on the 3xTg-AD mouse model reveals significant functional impairments in gait and exploratory activity in patients with Alzheimer's disease, which worsen with disease severity and aging. This indicates the potential for using the ICF framework in rehabilitation and understanding of functional decline in AD patients.
Review
Pediatrics
Marieve Blanchet, Christine Assaiante
Summary: Research has found that children with specific learning disorders may exhibit poorer motor skills which could be exacerbated by the complexity of motor activities and comorbidities.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Yurun Cai, Qu Tian, Alden L. Gross, Hang Wang, Jian-Yu E, Yuri Agrawal, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Luigi Ferrucci, Jennifer A. Schrack
Summary: Components of manual dexterity and strength were the strongest correlates of slow gait and mobility difficulty in mid-to-late life.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Gillian Baird, Susie Chandler, Adam Shortland, Elspeth Will, Emily Simonoff, David Scrutton, Charlie Fairhurst
Summary: This study explored factors predicting acquisition and loss of best walking ability in young people with bilateral cerebral palsy. The ability to walk independently was reliably predicted by early motor milestones, but the presence of musculoskeletal deformity and a later age at achieving walking were associated with a loss of best achieved walking by mean age 16 years.
DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY
(2022)
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Biology
Almir Aljovic, Shuqing Zhao, Maryam Chahin, Clara de la Rosa, Valerie Van Steenbergen, Martin Kerschensteiner, Florence M. Bareyre
Summary: In this study, a new deep learning-based open-source toolbox, ALMA, was developed for automated limb motion analysis in neuroscience research. This toolbox allows consistent and comprehensive analysis of locomotor kinematics and paw placement in rodent models of neurological conditions, using basic behavioral equipment and an inexpensive camera. The ALMA toolbox has been demonstrated to track locomotor deficits after spinal cord injury, detect locomotor abnormalities after traumatic brain injury, and predict disease onset in a multiple sclerosis model.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
