3.6 out of 1,000 children in the US are diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Their symptoms can include abnormal gait patterns such as crouch gait, characterized by excessive flexion of the hips, knees, or ...

HONOLULU — Virtual reality (VR) may help clinicians better assess gait disturbances, including freezing of gait (FOG), in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Using a “Virtual Gait Lab” system, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical gait analysis can be used to assess children with various walking problems. It may also lead to lower ...

Outside of a gait laboratory, this investigation compared gait pattern differences between children who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and their typically developing counterparts to gain more ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2017 -- A robotic exoskeleton attached to the lower leg may someday help kids with cerebral palsy maintain the ability to walk. Cerebral palsy is a lifelong disorder, characterized ...

The word gait refers to the movement you use to walk or run. Walking is a complex series of movements that requires your brain, bones, and muscles to work together, with help from your heart and lungs ...

Studying how people recover from injuries that affect balance, strength or movement — or all three — is much safer when subjects don’t fall while they’re being studied. That’s the endgame of a new ...

A Trendelenburg gait is characterized by a certain walking style. It causes you to appear like you're swaying from side to side when you're walking. It may look as though you're missing steps or ...

New York, NY--July 26, 2017--In the U.S., 3.6 out of 1000 school-aged children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). Their symptoms include abnormal gait patterns which results in joint degeneration ...