Biomechanical Evaluation of Virtual Reality-based Turning on a Self-Paced Linear Treadmill

Recent studies on gait disorders in patients with Parkinson ’s disease (PD) and stroke have found that patients have difficulties during gait transitions such as step initiation, termination, and turning. They often exhibit increased tremor, hesitation, a loss of stability, or even falls. This phenomenon is termed freezing of gait (FOG) [1–3] known to be caused by problems in the basal ganglia circuit [1,4–6].
Source: Gait and Posture - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Full length article Source Type: research