Gait

In senior living communities across the country, fall prevention always remains a top priority. RiverSpring Living aimed to improve its fall prevention efforts through the use of the NexStride gait device. ...

Sit-to-stand and gait-speed test performance is significantly affected by these factors, investigators say. They’ve developed a web app to help clinicians develop their own subgroup-specific reference...

Measuring step-length synergy, involving combined operation of legs and placement of the feet, reveal where changes need to be made to prevent injury, gait therapists say.

Tekscan has introduced F-Scan64, a wireless in-shoe pressure mapping system that offers greater flexibility to collect gait data for clinical research. In-shoe pressure mapping technologies use ultra-thin...

Seniors with decline in both areas are six times more likely to develop dementia, finds a study. Clinicians may want to target this group for preventive therapies.

Evidence that first-line Parkinson’s drug levodopa may cause freezing of gait should be addressed, according to a new editorial.

Functional impairment measures can help accurately predict six-month mortality for older heart attack patients, say Yale researchers.

Gait changes – especially slowed gait – are an early marker of dementia and should factor into routine cognitive function testing, say scientists.

People with Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease do not walk the same way. Their unique walking patterns may aid in diagnosis.

A tune sung aloud – or silently to oneself – can help people with Parkinson’s set a stable rhythm to their gait while increasing walking speed.