Sports biomechanics is a multidisciplinary field that combines principles from physics, engineering, and anatomy to analyze and enhance athletic performance. It explores the mechanical aspects of ...

Early identification of cardiometabolic risk in young adults is critical to curbing the progression of metabolic syndrome (MetS). “Exploring Gait Velocity as a Predictor of Cardiometabolic Disease ...

The cardinal sign of NPH is a hypokinetic gait disorder in which the older adult's feet look as though they are glued to the floor. The gait also has been described as magnetic. People with NPH ...

“Walking gait’s got swag but we need these robots to go firefighting [as soon as possible],” said Fan, emphasizing the robot’s potential beyond mere technological display. Last Octob ...

Walking is something most people do every day without thinking. However, for those with hemiplegic gait, even taking a simple step can be very hard. Hemiplegic gait is a type of walking problem ...

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The authors hypothesize that cane use will inhibit activity on the hemiplegic side leading to reduced ipsilesional cortical activity and poorer long term functional gait outcomes. In contrast we ...

The sEMG activity patterns for individual muscles (e.g. in the gait cycle) exhibit a great deal of intersubject, intermuscular and context-dependent variability. The latter seems to be obtained by ...

There, after blood tests and scans, she was diagnosed with hemiplegic migraines - a rare condition affecting just one in 10,000 people. These migraines cause stroke-like symptoms, also described ...