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Spatiotemporal Gait Pattern In Children With And Without Down Syndrome While Walking From Level Surface To Stairs, Huaqing Liang, Xiang Ke, Jianhua Wu
Spatiotemporal Gait Pattern In Children With And Without Down Syndrome While Walking From Level Surface To Stairs, Huaqing Liang, Xiang Ke, Jianhua Wu
Physical Therapy Faculty Research
Children with Down syndrome (DS) display a delayed motor development, and show clumsy and less coordinated gait pattern. Compared to typically developing children (TD), children with DS walk with a notably slower speed, a shorter stride length, a limited range of motion in ankle joint with increased plantar flexion, and reduced dorsal flexion throughout the gait cycle. When negotiating an obstacle, children with DS show shorter stride length and greater step length variability, and stop in front of the obstacle before stepping over it.
Effect Of Whole Body Vibration On Center Of Mass Movement In Children And Young Adults, Huaqing Liang, Jianhua Wu
Effect Of Whole Body Vibration On Center Of Mass Movement In Children And Young Adults, Huaqing Liang, Jianhua Wu
Physical Therapy Faculty Research
Whole body vibration (WBV) has acute effects on postural control strategy. The degree of impact depends on the amplitude, frequency, and duration of WBV, and the difficult level of balance task as well as the reliability of sensory information to the individual [1, 2, 3]. Healthy young adults can return to the baseline level of postural sway for a simple balance task within 20 minutes after repeated exposure to WBV [4]. Little is known about the acute and residual effects of WBV on the center-of-mass (COM) movement after a single bout of WBV. This study aimed to understand the COM …