by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For people with an injured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee, surgical ACL reconstruction (ACLR) is an effective treatment for restoring joint stability. However, many treated patients still develop additional long-term knee problems, such as knee osteoarthritis. Research published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research reveals that individuals exhibit an altered gait after...
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Testing gait to help in early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease
JUNE 7, 2024 by Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainHow does your gait—or how you walk—relate to your brain health? Considerably, says Dr. Farwa Ali, a Mayo Clinic neurologist who specializes in movement disorders. Assessing a person’s gait can offer insight into various brain health conditions. The hope is that early...
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Risk factors for the development of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease patients
By Dr. Chinta SidharthanDec 6 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in the journal Npj Parkinson’s Disease, researchers meta-analyzed data obtained from a systematic review to understand the risk factors that influence the development of freezing of gait or FOG — a debilitating condition that occurs in some Parkinson’s disease patients....
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Slowness of gait can predict risk of frailty in older people
Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in partnership with colleagues at University College London in the UK have discovered an efficient, simple and inexpensive method of predicting the risk of functional disability in older people. They analyzed data from more than 3,000 over-sixties living in...
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Use of brain-computer interface, virtual avatar could help people with gait disabilities
Non-invasive method can help people re-learn to walk Researchers from the University of Houston have shown for the first time that the use of a brain-computer interface augmented with a virtual walking avatar can control gait, suggesting the protocol may help patients recover the ability to walk after stroke, some spinal cord injuries and certain...