by Protokinetics Team | Dec 21, 2018 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway, Gait and Balance Academy Research
One category of gait measurements proven powerful in scientific literature is spatiotemporal parameters (STP). All STP are derived from a few basic variables, reflecting the spatiality and temporality of foot-based placements. In measuring gait analysis, the first...
by Protokinetics Team | Nov 28, 2018 | General Gait Analysis
Gait analysis is the study of human locomotion. In order to analyze and quantify how someone walks, it is necessary to isolate the shortest, unique, repeatable task during gait. This task is called the gait cycle. A single gait cycle can be measured from any gait...
by Protokinetics Team | Nov 7, 2018 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway, Gait and Balance Academy Research
Recent advancements in virtual reality (VR) have opened up new areas of study. For instance, little is known to what extent humans can modify their walking pattern over time to accommodate a Virtual Environment (VE) while they experience visual perturbations. Sensory...
by Protokinetics Team | Nov 7, 2018 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway, Gait and Balance Academy Research
Is greater spatiotemporal variability during curved path walking related to better curved path walking ability? That was the question Spatiotemporal variability underlying skill in curved-path walking set out to answer in a study of older, community dwelling adults...
by Protokinetics Team | Nov 7, 2018 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway, Gait and Balance Academy Research
In a study published in the February 2017 issue of Gait and Posture, Reliability and validity of the ProtoKinetics movement analysis software in measuring center of pressure during walking, study authors Robert C. Lynall, Lisa A Zukowski, Prudence Plummer, and Jason...
by Protokinetics Team | Oct 17, 2018 | French Translations
Deux phases particulières de la marche, l’initiation et l’arrêt de la marche, sont essentielles pour comprendre comment le centre de pression et le centre de masse évoluent normalement chez un sujet asymptomatique, et ainsi mieux cerner l’influence de la pathologie....
by Protokinetics Team | Oct 17, 2018 | General Gait Analysis
Two particular phases of walking, gait initiation and termination, are essential to understanding how the center of pressure and center of mass normally operate in an asymptomatic subject and better understand the influence of the pathology. Gait initiation defines...
by Protokinetics Team | Oct 17, 2018 | French Translations
La vitesse de marche spontanée est une mesure bien connue pour évaluer les capacités fonctionnelles et est souvent utilisée comme indicateur du niveau de performance pour suivre l’évolution d’un patient. Il est toutefois important de noter que la vitesse de marche...
by Protokinetics Team | Oct 17, 2018 | General Gait Analysis
Spontaneous walking speed is a well-known measure for functional capabilities. Often used as an indicator of performance and physical health, its clinometric properties can be useful in predicting an individual’s future health status, especially for adults 65 and...
by Protokinetics Team | Oct 20, 2016 | Gait and Balance Academy Research
The first article authored by the Gait and Balance Academy has been released this fall, in the October issue of Kinésithérapie Scientifique. Intended to French- speaking physiotherapists, the reader can find in this monthly magazine number of fundamental and...
