Gait

DALLAS — In this video, Adolph V. Lombardi Jr., MD, discusses results that showed a significant association between improvements in walking asymmetry with patient-reported changes in quality of life 1 year after total joint arthroplasty.

Published results showed patients who underwent unilateral ACL reconstruction had less dynamic gait biomechanics waveforms bilaterally at 1 year postoperatively compared with healthy controls.

A 6-year-old girl presented with worsening hip pain and an energy inefficient gait pattern (Figure 1 and video).

Results showed patients with cerebral palsy who underwent a single event multilevel surgery had improved gait deviations regardless of age.

A 6-year-old girl presented with worsening hip pain and an energy-inefficient gait pattern.

An intervention combining yoga and the Mediterranean diet improved nutrition, balance and body strength in community-dwelling older adults, according to results a randomized controlled trial published in Nutrients.

According to published results, a 2-week partially supervised gait retraining program, which focused on cadence and impact, relieved pain and improved knee function and lower limb kinematics in runners with patellofemoral pain.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In-home video taken by adults with multiple sclerosis is a feasible and valid method to determine the mechanism and motion of their gait, according to a poster from ACTRIMS 2024.

NEW ORLEANS — Age-related decline in contrast sensitivity may contribute to reduced visibility of obstacles and increased susceptibility to falls, according to research presented at Academy ’23.

As a neuro clinical specialist in physical therapy, I treat many people with multiple sclerosis.