Publications by authors named "Costantinos N Maganaris"
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- Falling on stairs poses significant health risks for older adults, yet existing research primarily focuses on controlled environments rather than real-life staircases with varying dimensions.
- This study aims to determine if stair gait parameters (like foot clearance and cadence) observed in a laboratory setting hold true when older adults navigate actual stairs in their homes.
- Results indicate significant differences in biomechanical risk factors between laboratory and real staircases, with high-risk fallers exhibiting riskier movement strategies.
Diabetic patients have an altered gait strategy during walking and are known to be at high risk of falling, especially when diabetic peripheral neuropathy is present. This study investigated alterations to lower limb joint torques during walking and related these torques to maximum strength in an attempt to elucidate why diabetic patients are more likely to fall. 20 diabetic patients with moderate/severe peripheral neuropathy (DPN), 33 diabetic patients without peripheral neuropathy (DM), and 27 non-diabetic controls (Ctrl) underwent gait analysis using a motion analysis system and force plates to measure kinetic parameters.
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