Falls during walking are a major cause of injury and death in the elderly. From a falls
perspective, a critical gait event is minimum toe clearance (MTC), as failure to achieve foot …

This paper models minimum foot clearance (MFC) data during steady-state gait to
investigate how the various descriptive statistics of the MFC distribution differ in healthy …

Current research applying variability measures of gait parameters has demonstrated
promise for helping to solve one of the “holy grails” of geriatric research by defining markers …

Deaths and injuries resulting from falls are a significant problem for older adults. Over half of
falls during walking result from a trip, and these are likely to begin when the foot contacts the …

Tripping is presumed to be the principal cause for falls during walking. At minimum toe
clearance, the potential for trip-related falls is considered to be highest. Thus, controlling …

Toe speed during gait generally nears its maximum while its height reaches a local minima
approximately halfway through swing phase. Trips are thought to frequently occur at these …

Despite tripping being one of the frequently reported causes of falls, currently there is no
method of quantifying the probability of an individual's foot contacting obstacles during gait …

BACKGROUND: Foot-ground clearance during the gait cycle swing phase is a critical
locomotor adaptation to uneven terrain and non-optimal lower limb control has been linked …

During the swing phase of gait, the effective length of the leg—distance from the hip joint
center to the toe—must be made shorter than the distance from the hip to the floor to avoid …

Fall-related injuries are the most common and serious medical problems facing older adults.
Recent studies of older adults have focused on the variability of step kinematics and the …