Gait

Exoskeleton vs Robot-Assisted Gait Training Post Robot-Assisted Gait Intervention in Parkinson’s Disease Patients with Mild Symptoms: a random controlled trial Kyle Condon Exoskeletons are a developing technology used in gait training, mainly with patients diagnosed with a spinal cord injury (SCI) or a stroke( 9,6). Some research has been done in patients with other neurological disabilities such as multiple sclerosis (MS), but nothing has been done to address the Parkinson’s disease (PD) population. However, robot-assisted gait training has been used on all of these populations, and successfully so in individuals with mild PD (2). This begs the question of the will the data support the efficacy of an exoskeleton as a gait training intervention on patients with PD. Factors such as gait speed, stride length, step length, and…

with patients who underwent LSVT BIG therapy, evidenced by improved UPDRS motor score, TUG, PDQ 3919, and 10 m walking. The study by Farley & Koshland, et al. (2005), summarized that the patients underwent LSVT BIG therapy demonstrated increased wrist velocity for reaching activities and increased gait velocity with greater stride length. Farley & Koshland, et al. (2005), also found…

Method Participant The participant in the study was a 38-year-old female diagnosed with moderate Rheumatoid Arthritis. The participant reported her diagnoses was established at age 32 and the progression of the disorder was being treated by a biologic and a pain management regimen. Prior to her diagnoses, the participant maintained a consistent physical activity routine, which has since ceased. Apparatus and Materials Using a cell phone with a stopwatch application, the duration of each…

The role of gait variability in the elderly Introduction Fall-related injuries have been one of the main causes of accidental death in older adults. Moreover, it has been shown that over 33% of adults over the age of 65 will fall every year [1]. For people between 75 and 84 years old it is the second leading cause of injury death, and for people over 85 it is the leading cause [2]. The high number of falls not only has great effect in the elderly health, but it shows a very high cost in the…

improved. Using devices such as robotics, many patients suffering from stroke has difficulties performing loco motor tasks such as walking or stair climbing. In this section I shall be evaluating the use of electromechanical gait training for restoration of gait within hemiplegic patients in neuro-rehabilitation. As explained earlier in the report, stroke is a neurological disorder occurring in the brain, which leads to the limitation of motor capabilities, resulting in hemiparesis or…

The electromyography (EMG) has the capacity of many uses in the clinical setting for gait analysis in the diagnosis of neural muscular disorders such as cerebral palsy. This method was chosen in our experiment to record and examine the electrical activity of the skeletal muscle during gait movement during treadmill and over ground walking. In our experiment we specifically looked at the lower extremity with overactive quadriceps and underactive. Common to use to EMG to identify precisely…

Circumducted and Abducted gait are two types of gait that not only have some similar characteristics, but also some very different distinctiveness. Circumducted gait is characterized by a lateral, circular motion made by the non-weight bearing leg after push-off. The involved leg will being at the midline of the body as normal, widen out during the swing phase, and then return to the midline for heel strike. This type of gait pattern is common among cerebrovascular accident (CVA) patients or…

Gait recognition is a kind of biometric technology that can be used to monitor people or recognize known persons and classify unknown subjects. It is a particular way of walking on foot and its aims is to discriminate individuals by the way they walk. Gait is less unobtrusive biometric, non-contact, perceivable at a distance and hard to disguise where these properties makes it so attractive. The existing Gait representations capture both motion and appearance information which are sensitive to…

Poor Walking Ability Improvements in Gait In one interview series, both parents and the children stated that walking ability seemed to be improved after hippotherapy (Lemke et al. 2014). They also stated that their leg flexibility used during non-walking activities improved. This shows that even non-ambulatory patients may gain leg flexibility through the use of hippotherapy. While not a numerical measure of improvement, these comments made during the interviews do provide evidence that at…

concurrent claim alleging disability due to arthritis in the knees, a herniated disc, scoliosis, and arthritis in the back, tendonitis in left foot, urinary leakage, and high cholesterol. The evidence in file shows the claimant has a history of chronic lumbar pain. She is mildly obese with a body mass index as high as 33. X-rays of the lumbar spine (LS) taken 7/9/13 show multilevel degenerative changes with spurring and mild anterolisthesis of L4-L5. Degenerative joint disease in the left hip…