Thus, future work assessing this aspect could be clinically relevant, given the potential impact that walking aids (and the variety of types of walking aids) have on the quality of the wearable device signals and reference data [17], and as a consequence, on the assessment of the algorithm...
A more complex assessment is thetimed up and go test. During this test, a patient begins seated in a chair, and is asked to get up, walk 3 meters, and return to the chair to sit down. The patient is allowed to use any walking aids including anyorthoticsthat they normally use. Less ...
Subacute patients in one study achieved better independent walking scores and also neurological assessment results from Lokomat training in combination with regular physiotherapy as opposed to an equivalent volume of conventional therapy alone[35]. Nevertheless, no significant differences in timed walking tes...
autosomal-dominant spinocerebellar ataxia of defined genetic type;CA, cerebellar ataxia;DCA, degenerative cerebellar ataxia;FRDA, Friedreich’s ataxia;MSA-C, multiple system atrophy type C;HC, healthy controls;SARA, scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia;BARS, Brief Ataxia Rating Scale ...
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Those with deep brain stimulation did not complete the off-state assessment. A random subset of participants also underwent neuroimaging, however the investigation of any training-induced changes are a tertiary outcome and are therefore not included in the current manuscript....
aiding in characterization of a bone’s mechanical properties and assessment of potential tissue-level adaptations35,41. Furthermore, since femoral stress and strain magnitudes during gait are, in part, a function of femoral geometry43, and because there can be significant variation in femoral geome...
Assessment of gait with fNIRS Increasing evidence indicates that fNIRS is a valuable tool for monitoring motor brain functions in healthy subjects and patients. Less sensitivity of fNIRS to motion artifacts allows the experimenters to measure cortical hemodynamic activity in humans during dynamic tasks su...
strategies with the minimum number of functional elements. This paper also shortly reviews the metrics used to characterize the performance of these robots when worn by a user. However, the assessment of the performance of the cited controllers and their comparison are beyond the scope of this ...
A pair of electronic shoe insoles aids an individual with peripheral neuropathy in walking without falling, despite the user having little or no sensation in her feet. Each insole uses a number of pressure sensors and provides various forms of biofeedback to the user such as auditory, haptic, ...