The Effects of Conscious Movement Processing on the Neuromuscular Control of Posture.

Maintaining balance is thought to primarily occur sub-consciously. Occasionally, however, individuals will direct conscious attention towards balance, e.g.

Attitudes towards a sensor-feedback technology in gait rehabilitation of patients after stroke.

Introduction: Intensive gait training is important for effective rehabilitation of people after stroke. "Stappy" is a sensor-feedback system that provides real-time feedback on the persons gait pattern/performance during training. The main aim of this study was to assess attitudes towards "Stappy" in people after stroke to practise walking performance independently at home.

Implicit and Explicit Motor Learning Interventions Have Similar Effects on Walking Speed in People After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Clinicians may use implicit or explicit motor learning approaches to facilitate motor learning of patients with stroke. Implicit motor learning approaches have shown promising results in healthy populations. The purpose of this study was to assess whether an implicit motor learning walking intervention is more effective compared with an explicit motor learning walking intervention delivered at home regarding walking speed in people after stroke in the chronic phase of recovery.

Design of the user interface for "Stappy", a sensor-feedback system to facilitate walking in people after stroke: a user-centred approach.

Sensor-feedback systems can be used to support people after stroke during independent practice of gait. The main aim of the study was to describe the user-centred approach to (re)design the user interface of the sensor feedback system "Stappy" for people after stroke, and share the deliverables and key observations from this process. The user-centred approach was structured around four phases (the discovery, definition, development and delivery phase) which were fundamental to the design process.

The immediate influence of implicit motor learning strategies on spatiotemporal gait parameters in stroke patients: a randomized within-subjects design.

Objectives:: To investigate immediate changes in walking performance associated with three implicit motor learning strategies and to explore patient experiences of each strategy.

Design:: Participants were randomly allocated to one of three implicit motor learning strategies. Within-group comparisons of spatiotemporal parameters at baseline and post strategy were performed.

The Effects of Implicit and Explicit Motor Learning in Gait Rehabilitation of People After Stroke: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: A significant part of neurological rehabilitation focuses on facilitating the learning of motor skills. Training can adopt either (more) explicit or (more) implicit forms of motor learning. Gait is one of the most practiced motor skills within rehabilitation in people after stroke because it is an important criterion for discharge and requirement for functioning at home.

Exploring the utility of analogies in motor learning after stroke: a feasibility study.

Individuals who have experienced a stroke need to (re)learn motor skills. Analogy learning has been shown to facilitate motor learning in sports and may also be an attractive alternative to traditional approaches in therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and utility of analogies to improve the walking performance in long-term stroke survivors.