Active clinical trials for "Gait Disorders, Neurologic"

The goal of this study is to find out what clinical reasoning process physiotherapists undergo when observing hemiplegic patients gait.

We hypothesize that: (1) gait stability will be increased when wearing an ankle-foot orthosis (plastic brace supporting the foot and ankle); (2) an attention demanding task will decrease gait stability and (3) the improvement in gait stability due to ankle-foot orthosis use will be greater during an attention demanding task.

This study planned to investigate the role of potential explanatory factors effecting the speed of gait such as muscle mass, aerobic capacity, physical activity status, cognitive function, blood pressure, and metabolic measures considering age, sex, and education years in diabetic individuals without neuropathy.

Specific aim: To determine whether optokinetic stimulation can improve gait abnormalities. Hypothesis: Optokinetic stimulation stimulates the vestibular system and can improve vestibular induced gait disorders.

Introduction: Progressive muscle weakness, joint contractures and body alignment disorders seen in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) adversely affect the foot structure of the patients. Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between foot posture, performance and ambulation in patients with DMD. Method: The patient with ambulatory DMD will be included in the study. The foot postures of the patients will be evaluated with the Foot Posture Index. Relationships between the Foot Posture Index and performance tests (6 minute walk test, timed performance tests (10m walking, Gower's, climb/descend 4 stair)) and the North Star Ambulation Evaluation, an ambulation evaluation, will be examined.

Foot and body postures of patients with DMD will be evaluated. Foot structure characteristics such as foot length, metatarsal width, calcaneal valgus angle will be calculated for the foot posture. Also, the Foot Posture Index (FPI-6) scale will be used. The body posture will be evaluated with the New York Posture Scale. Many gait characteristics such as step length, cadence, support surface of the patients will be determined with GaitRite instrumented walkway. Patients' balance assessment will be evaluated with Bertec Balance Advantage. The statistical analysis method will determine the relationship between foot and body posture and gait and balance.

The aim of the present study is to investigate reliability in dyslexic children and compare it with healthy peers.

The purpose of this study is to assess validity and reliability of Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) in patients with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy

The aim of this study is to translate the "North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA)" scale into Turkish and make its cultural adaptation and to demonstrate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version in patients with ambulatory DMD. For the translation into Turkish, validity and reliability of the NSAA, necessary permission was obtained from the developer of the questionnaire, Prof. Dr. Francesco Muntoni, via e-mail. In the study, first of all, the translation and cultural adaptation process will be completed, and then reliability-validity studies will be carried out.

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is a treatable disease of the elderly, typically causing gait impariment, dementia and urinary incontinence. The objective of this study is to make an epidemiological survey of INPH in Umeå, Sweden. Subjects with self-perceived gait impairments will be identified through a questionnaire. They will go through clinical examinations and have an MRI of the brain. A control population will also be investigated to enable comparisons between the populations. The main hypothesis is that the prevalence of INPH in the population is higher than what is previoulsy known.