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Gait Variability to Phenotype Common Orthopedic Gait Impairments Using Wearable Sensors
Sensors, 2022 Mobility impairments are a common symptom of age-related degenerative diseases. Gait features can discriminate those with mobility disorders from healthy individuals, yet phenotyping specific pathologies remains challenging.
Junichi Kushioka +6 more
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Quantitative and qualitative gait assessments in Parkinson’s disease patients [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014 Background/Aim. Postural impairments and gait disorders in Parkinson's disease (PD) affect limits of stability, impaire postural adjustment, and evoke poor responses to perturbation.
Đurić-Jovičić Milica D. +5 more
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Neurological gait disorders in elderly people: clinical approach and classification [PDF]
The Lancet Neurology, 2007 Gait disorders are common and often devastating companions of ageing, leading to reductions in quality of life and increased mortality. Here, we present a clinically oriented approach to neurological gait disorders in the elderly population. We also draw attention to several exciting scientific developments in this specialty.
Snijders, A.H. +4 more
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The Untapped Potential of Virtual Reality in Rehabilitation of Balance and Gait in Neurological Disorders [PDF]
Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2021 Dynamic systems theory transformed our understanding of motor control by recognizing the continual interaction between the organism and the environment. Movement could no longer be visualized simply as a response to a pattern of stimuli or as a demonstration of prior intent; movement is context dependent and is continuously reshaped by the ongoing ...
Emily A. Keshner +2 more
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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2018 Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is the most common cause of hydrocephalus in adults. The diagnosis may be challenging, requiring collaborative efforts between different specialists. According to the International Society for Hydrocephalus
A. Cucca +6 more
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Neurological update: emerging issues in gait disorders [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, 2015 Gait disorders represent a common and diverse challenge in Neurological practice. The literature on this field is expanding and is seeking to address mainstream clinical issues as well as a greater understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms. This update will introduce a range of these concepts.
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Effect of the Hybrid Assistive Limb on the Gait Pattern for Cerebral Palsy
Medicina, 2020 Background and objectives: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent childhood motor disability. Achieving ambulation or standing in children with CP has been a major goal of physical therapy.
Yuki Mataki +9 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014 Non-motor symptoms, including psychiatric disorders, are increasingly recognized as a major challenge in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD). These ailments, which often appear in the early stage of the disease, affect a large number of patients ...
Alessandra eBonito Oliva +2 more
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Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020 Objectives: We evaluated the relationships between upper extremity (UE) kinetics and the energy expenditure index during anterior and posterior walker-assisted gait in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). \r\nMethods: Ten children (3 boys,
Katherine A. Konop +9 more
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Presenting with Bilateral Myoclonus: A Case Report [PDF]
Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2020 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by John Cunningham virus lytic infection of the oligodendrocytes, the myelin-producing cells in the CNS.
Andrea Di PIETRO +7 more
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