3.6 out of 1,000 children in the US are diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Their symptoms can include abnormal gait patterns such as crouch gait, characterized by excessive flexion of the hips, knees, or ...

East Hanover, NJ. August 27, 2019. Xuan Liu, PhD, in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation, was awarded a 2019 Switzer Research Fellowship by the ...

One common problem in cerebral palsy of the spastic hemiplegia type is varus deformity of the hind foot. Intramuscular (fine-wire) EMG helps determine the possible role of the tibialis posterior ...

A fascinating new study suggests clinicians may be able to accurately diagnose whether cognitively impaired patients are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or Lewy body dementia by studying their ...

Researchers have linked the genetic disorders Fragile X and SHANK3 deletion syndrome -- both linked to autism and health problems -- to walking patterns by examining the microscopic movements of those ...

The way you walk, something you likely perform automatically thousands of times daily, contains a wealth of information about your overall health. Gait analysis, once primarily the domain of elite ...

New York, NY--July 26, 2017--In the U.S., 3.6 out of 1000 school-aged children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). Their symptoms include abnormal gait patterns which results in joint degeneration ...

To illustrate this process, consider the dysfunction of the right knee of the young man (SR) with cerebral palsy spastic diplegia (Video 3). One can readily appreciate from the video presentation that ...