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: Keonyoung Oh, Christopher J. Stanley, Diane L. Damiano, Jonghyun Kim, Jungwon Yoon, Hyung-Soon Park Tags: Full length article Source Type: research