Falls not only present a considerable health threat, but the resulting treatment and loss of
working days also place a heavy economic burden on society. Gait instability is a major fall …

Minimum foot clearance (MFC) is the minimum vertical distance between the lowest point of
the foot of the swing leg and the walking surface during the swing phase of the gait cycle …

In a typical clinical gait analysis, the gait patterns of pathological individuals are commonly
compared with the typically faster, comfortable pace of healthy subjects. However, due to …

Introduction Gait impairment is common in neurodegenerative disorders. Specifically, gait
variability—the stride‐to‐stride fluctuations in distance and time—has been associated with …

Background: gait variability may be an important predictor of falls risk, but its characteristics
are poorly understood. Objective: to examine the relationship between age and gait …

Changes in gait patterns provide important information about individuals' health. To perform
sensor based gait analysis, it is crucial to develop methodologies to automatically segment …

Falls pose a tremendous risk to those over 65 and most falls occur during locomotion. Older
adults commonly walk slower, which many believe helps improve walking stability. While …

Previous studies have identified differences in gait kinetics between healthy older and
young adults. However, the underlying factors that cause these changes are not well …

Hemiparesis resulting from stroke presents characteristic spatiotemporal gait patterns. This
study aimed to clarify the spatiotemporal gait characteristics of hemiparetic patients by …

It is widely accepted that humans and animals minimize energetic cost while walking. While
such principles predict average behavior, they do not explain the variability observed in …