Publications by authors named "Fateme Pol"
Background: Fear of falling is multifactorial in etiology and is associated with falls. It has been demonstrated that foot problems increase the risk of falls in older people. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the associations of foot and ankle characteristics with fear of falling and mobility in community-dwelling older people.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The foot and ankle complex undergoes significant structural and functional changes with advancing age.
Research Question: The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to synthesize and critique the research literature pertaining to foot and ankle biomechanics while walking in young and older adults.
Methods: Electronic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Embase) were searched from inception to April 2019 for cross-sectional studies which compared kinematics, kinetics and plantar pressure differences between young and older adults.
Background: Gait problems are an important symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulatory intervention that can modulate cortical excitability of the gait-related regions. Despite an increasing number of gait-related tDCS studies in PD, the efficacy of this technique for improving gait has not been systematically investigated yet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Falls affect approximately one in three older people, and foot problems are amongst the modifiable potential risk factors.
Research Question: what are the associations between foot and ankle functional and structural characteristics with falls in community-dwelling older adults?
Method: One hundred eighty-seven community-dwelling older adults (106 females) aged 62-90 years (mean 70.5 ± 5.