SHAFIZADEHKENARI, Mohsen, CROWTHER, Robert, ALI, Ali and DAVIDS, Keith (2017). Effects of dual task constraints on intra-limb coordination during treadmill walking in people with chronic stroke. Clinical Kinesiology, 71 (2), 8-18.
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Abstract
This study examined effects of dual task constraints on intra-limb coordination patterns in samples of stroke survivors and able-bodied individuals during treadmill walking. Twenty participants (Npatients=10 and Nable-bodied=10) participated voluntarily in this study and lower limb coordination data were collected using a 3D motion analysis system whilst walking on a treadmill. The dual task constraints involved using cognitive activity (subtracting random numbers) during treadmill walking. Continuous relative phase was used to assess coordination between the foot-shank and shank-thigh complexes during the gait cycle. Statistical analysis revealed a significant reduction of variability in lower limb coordination patterns (foot-shank and shank-thigh couplings) among stroke patients, compared to able-bodied counterparts, regardless of whether they were dual-tasking. Findings revealed that gait retraining in stroke survivors should emphasize increasing variability in inter-joint coordination, regardless of the nature of task.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Centre for Sports Engineering Research |
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Health and Well-being > Department of Sport |
Page Range: | 8-18 |
Depositing User: | Mohsen Shafizadeh |
Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2017 09:08 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 00:45 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15476 |
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