Age effects on step adaptation during treadmill walking with continuous step length biofeedback.

Background: The inability to adjust step length can lead to falls in older people when navigating everyday terrain. Precisely targeted forward placement of the leading foot, constituting step length adjustment, is required for adaptive gait control, but this ability may reduce with ageing. The objective of this study was to investigate ageing effects on step length adaptation using real-time biofeedback.

Orthotic treatment of idiopathic hyperkyphosis with Milwaukee brace.

Background: Hyperkyphosis with unknown reason is common in teenagers and can be corrected by orthotic management.

Objectives: Investigation of orthotic outcomes by Milwaukee brace.

Methods: Sixty-one patients with idiopathic hyperkyphosis (> 45 degrees) were given Milwaukee brace before skeletal maturity.

The effect of feet position on standing balance in patients with diabetes.

Feet displacement is recognized to be an important element in standing and is also linked to postural instability in elderly people with diabetes. This study investigates standing balance in diabetic patients in four asymmetric feet displacements. Quiet standing balance was investigated using the Biodex Balance System in 18 diabetic patients and compared with 18 control elderly subjects.

Balance and risk of fall in individuals with bilateral mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis.

Balance is essential for mobility and performing activities of daily living. People with knee osteoarthritis display impairment in knee joint proprioception. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate balance and risk of fall in individuals with bilateral mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis.

Effect of exercise and gait retraining on knee adduction moment in people with knee osteoarthritis.

The knee adduction moment represents the medial knee joint load, and greater value is associated with higher load. In people with knee osteoarthritis, it is important to apply proper treatment with the least side effects to reduce knee adduction moment and, consequently, reduce medial knee joint load. This reduction may slow the progression of knee osteoarthritis.

Treatment stability of Milwaukee brace in idiopathic hyperkyphosis.

Background: The Milwaukee brace is an efficient method for correcting hyperkyphosis before skeletal maturity. However, loss of correction in long-term follow-up is inevitable.

Objectives: To determine loss of correction and factors affecting the loss of correction.