Publications by authors named "Fitsum E Petros"
Article Synopsis
- Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR cardiac amyloidosis) affects older adults and can cause gait abnormalities, yet there is limited research focused on this demographic.
- A study involving 28 older males with ATTR cardiac amyloidosis and 11 healthy controls found significant differences in gait patterns, with the patients demonstrating slower, narrower, and shorter strides.
- Despite the gait differences observed in ATTR cardiac amyloidosis patients, these variations did not correlate with the severity of their clinical condition, indicating that gait analysis can be a useful tool for assessing falls risk and improving patient care.
Ageing, disease, and injuries result in movement defects that affect daily life. Gait analysis is a vital tool for understanding and evaluating these movement dysfunctions. In recent years, the use of virtual reality (VR) to observe motion and offer augmented clinical care has increased.
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IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng
July 2020
Virtual Reality is a versatile platform to study human behavior in simulated environments and to develop interventions for functional rehabilitation. In this work, we designed a dual-task paradigm in a virtual environment where both tasks demand motor skills. Twenty-one healthy adults (mean age: 24.
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