Thigh and Shank, Kinetic and Potential Energies during Gait Swing Phase in Healthy Adults and Stroke Survivors.

Background/Problem. Given the treatment-resistant gait deficits after stroke and known elevated energy cost of gait after stroke, it is important to study the patterns of mechanical energies of the lower limb segments. There is a dearth of information regarding mechanical energies specifically for the thigh and shank across the gait cycle.

Capability of 2 gait measures for detecting response to gait training in stroke survivors: Gait Assessment and Intervention Tool and the Tinetti Gait Scale.

Objective: To characterize the performance of 2 observational gait measures, the Tinetti Gait Scale (TGS) and the Gait Assessment and Intervention Tool (G.A.I.

Recovery of coordinated gait: randomized controlled stroke trial of functional electrical stimulation (FES) versus no FES, with weight-supported treadmill and over-ground training.

Background: No single intervention restores the coordinated components of gait after stroke.

Objective: The authors tested the multimodal Gait Training Protocol, with or without functional electrical stimulation (FES), to improve volitional walking (without FES) in patients with persistent (>6 months) dyscoordinated gait.

Methods: A total of 53 subjects were stratified and randomly allocated to either FES with intramuscular (IM) electrodes (FES-IM) or No-FES.

Response of sagittal plane gait kinematics to weight-supported treadmill training and functional neuromuscular stimulation following stroke.

After stroke, persistent gait deficits cause debilitating falls and poor functional mobility. Gait restoration can preclude these outcomes. Sixteen subjects (>12 months poststroke) were randomized to two gait training groups.