Investigating the relationship between spatiotemporal gait variability and falls self-efficacy in individuals with chronic stroke

TL;DR: The results underline the interest of proposing rehabilitation programs focused on walking, especially for patients with low functional capacity, as well as the need to compare brain activation, gait parameters, and cognitive performances in single and dual tasks according to the functional status in subacute stroke patients.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared force control training and strength training for reducing gait variability in chronic stroke survivors. And they found task-specific effects with strength training improving plantarflexion and dorsiflexion strength and force control improving motor accuracy and steadiness.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a radar sensor for risk of falling analysis and combine its performance with an instrumented insole, and evaluated their methods on datasets acquired during a Timed Up and Go (TUG) test where a stride length was computed by the insole using three approaches.

TL;DR: Rhythmic sensory stimulation is effective in improving the gait of patients with chronic stroke, regardless of the type of rhythmic stimuli, compared to healthy controls.

TL;DR: Findings suggest there may be a role for interventions to increase balance confidence among individuals with stroke, in order to improve functional mobility.

TL;DR: FoF is a prevalent concern in the chronic stroke population and Occupational therapy practitioners should address FoF to help clients manage FoF and possibly improve recovery.

TL;DR: A low-cost, video-based portable tool for clinical gait analysis which provides the bi-dimensional kinematic analysis of walking and has been validated on a healthy subject, showing that it is able to reconstruct marker position and leg kinematics even if several occlusions occur.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that temporal gait variability is increased among older adults with a cautious gait and a higher-level gait disorder (HLGD) is tested, suggesting that the gait changes in older adults who walk with fear may be an appropriate response to unsteadiness, are likely a marker of underlying pathology, and are not simply a physiological or psychological consequence of normal aging.