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Step By Step: Understanding Age-Related Differences In Gait Coordination And Efficiency, Elham Alijanpour
Step By Step: Understanding Age-Related Differences In Gait Coordination And Efficiency, Elham Alijanpour
Rehabilitation Sciences Theses & Dissertations
Aging is accompanied by slower walking speed and higher metabolic cost of walking (MCoW), yet the mechanisms linking coordination and efficiency across the adult lifespan remain poorly understood. This dissertation examined how lower extremity coordination, sequencing of leg forces during the step-to-step transition (STST), and the relationship between leg forces sequencing during STST and MCoW differ with age and relate to MCoW in healthy young, middle-aged, and older adults across different walking speeds. Guided by a dynamical systems framework, age-related gait patterns were viewed as movement solutions that emerge from changing organismic constraints rather than as a failed version of …
The Comparison Of Gait Characteristics Between Older Adults Who Do Tai-Chi Chuan And Older Adults Who Do Not Do Tai-Chi Chuan, Shu-Ya Chen
Rehabilitation Sciences Theses & Dissertations
Tai-Chi Chuan (TCC) is a traditional Chinese exercise which has become popular in the Western world recently. The reported health benefits of TCC exercise include increased lower extremity muscle strength, improved balance, improved cardiopulmonary function, reduced tension, and improved overall wellness. However, no study has demonstrated the effects of TCC exercise on walking performance. The purpose of this study is to determine whether TCC exercise has an effect on normal speed walking of older adults. Twenty-four older healthy women over 55 were recruited in this study, 12 subjects practiced TCC exercise at least two times per week and the others …
Reliability Of Assessment Of Postural Control In The Sitting Position In The Hemiplegic Subjects By Use Of A Functional Reach Task, Karen Dreher Carter
Reliability Of Assessment Of Postural Control In The Sitting Position In The Hemiplegic Subjects By Use Of A Functional Reach Task, Karen Dreher Carter
Rehabilitation Sciences Theses & Dissertations
No single standardized and reliable method exists for measuring postural control in sitting in the stroke patient population. Postural control in sitting is often a portion of the total physical therapy assessment of the hemiplegic patient. The purpose of this research was to investigate the reliability of a functional reach test as a measure of postural control in sitting in the adult hemiplegic population. The measurement method was performed on 23 adult hemiplegic subjects, ages 62-88 years (mean= 73.6 + 7.9 years). Two physical therapists scored the subjects on the functional reach task. once the functional reach measure was obtained …