After decades of evolution, measuring instruments for quantitative gait analysis have
become an important clinical tool for assessing pathologies manifested by gait …

Human gait is a periodic motion of body segments—the analysis of motion and related
studies is termed gait analysis. Gait Analysis has gained much popularity because of its …

Fields studying movement generation, including robotics, psychology, cognitive science,
and neuroscience utilize concepts and tools related to the pervasiveness of variability in …

Falling poses a major threat to the steadily growing population of the elderly in modern-day
society. A major challenge in the prevention of falls is the identification of individuals who …

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 …

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 …

Several efforts have been made to study gait stability using measures derived from
nonlinear time-series analysis. The maximum finite time Lyapunov exponent (λmax) …

Recently, two methods for quantifying a system's dynamic stability have been applied to
human locomotion: local stability (quantified by finite time maximum Lyapunov exponents …

Variability in kinematic and spatio-temporal gait parameters has long been equated with
stability and used to differentiate fallers from non-fallers. Recently, a mathematically rigorous …

“Cautious” gait is generally characterized by wider and shorter steps. However, we do not
clearly understand the relationship between step characteristics and individuals' stability …