Gait Adaptability: Tracking Locomotor Recovery After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Gait DisordersNeurologic2 moreAdaptive gait assessements will be evaluated as a potential new marker for tracking locomotor recovery throughout rehabilitation of spinal cord injury subjects. To this end, controls, subacute and chronic patients will be assessed at two timepoints with 3 month standard rehabilitation inbetween. The specific assessments will require the participant to acitvely modulate their gait pattern to fullfill specific task constraints. Their performance will be assessed via 3D kinematics, kinetics and EMG and these measures will be used to describe the adaptive capacity that the patient retains. Sensitivity and specificity of these markers will be determined. With more sensitive descriptors of gait function and quality, locomotor rehabilitation for SCI can be better designed and smaller effects can be accurately measured.
Clinical Reasoning Process of Physiotherapists When Observing Hemiplegic Gait
StrokeThe goal of this study is to find out what clinical reasoning process physiotherapists undergo when observing hemiplegic patients gait.
Factors That Effect the Gait Speed in Diabetic Individuals Without Neuropathy
Gait DisorderSensorimotor2 moreThis 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.
OKS for Gait Instability
GaitUnsteady1 moreSpecific aim: To determine whether optokinetic stimulation can improve gait abnormalities. Hypothesis: Optokinetic stimulation stimulates the vestibular system and can improve vestibular induced gait disorders.
Postural and Anthropometric Properties of Foot and Ankle of Patients With DMD
Duchenne Muscular DystrophyAmbulation Difficulty3 moreIntroduction: 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.
Examination of the Relationship Between Foot - Body Posture and Balance and Gait in Duchenne Muscular...
Foot PostureBalance3 moreFoot 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.
Dynamic Gait Index in Children With Dyslexia
DyslexiaGait Disorders1 moreThe aim of the present study is to investigate reliability in dyslexic children and compare it with healthy peers.
Arm Swing During Walking in Early Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple SclerosisUpper Extremity Problem2 moreMultiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease which causes motor and sensory deficits, cerebellar symptoms, and balance problems. Due to these symptoms, gait abnormalities are common in MS, even in patients with low degrees of impairment. The upper limb has an important role on postural control and gait stability. Affected arm swing movement and asymmetry during gait are common in neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) even in early stages of the disease and arm swing treatment has been acknowledged to enhance gait and normalize arm swing in individuals with PD. The presence of arm swing changes during walking in MS patients, similar to PD, especially in the early period, may be an indicator of balance problems, this was, however, not investigated as such. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to assess the arm swing during gait in people with MS shortly after their diagnosis in early MS.
Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Turkish Version of North Star Ambulatory Assessment...
Duchenne Muscular DystrophyAmbulation Difficulty2 moreThe 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.
Ventriculomegaly and Gait Disturbance in the Senior Population in the Region of Västerbotten
Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (INPH)Brain Diseases6 moreIdiopathic 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.