Foot placement control and gait instability among people with stroke
Jesse C. Dean, PhD; Steven A. Kautz, PhD
Every year, approximately 15,000 American Veterans
experience a stroke. Within this population,
gait instability commonly limits functional mobility,
decreasing quality of life. Despite the importance
of deficits in gait stability, the mechanisms underlying
this problem are presently unclear. Uninjured
humans consistently use a stabilization strategy of
adjusting their foot placement location based on the
mechanical state of their body. This strategy was disrupted
among people with stroke who were classified
as having an increased risk for falls using a standard
clinical measure. Interventions focused on restoring
foot placement strategy may hold promise for improving
poststroke gait stability.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2014.09.0207
Volume 52 Number 5, 2015
Pages 577 — 590
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows:
Dean JC, Kautz SA. Foot placement control and gait instability among people with stroke. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52(5):577–90.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2014.09.0207
Dean JC, Kautz SA. Foot placement control and gait instability among people with stroke. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52(5):577–90.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2014.09.0207
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