The neuromuscular mechanisms that underlie post-stroke impairment in reactive balance
control during gait are not fully understood. Previous research has described altered muscle …

People post-stroke have an increased risk of falls compared to neurotypical individuals,
partly resulting from an inability to generate appropriate reactions to restore balance …

Studies on the proactive control of gait have shown that proximal (hip/trunk) muscles are the
primary contributors to balance control, while studies on reactive balance control during …

Background and objective. Postural muscle responses are often impaired after stroke. We
aimed to identify the contribution of deficits in very early postural responses to poorer …

Falls during walking are a major cause of poststroke injury, and walking faster may decrease
the ability to recover following a gait perturbation. We compared gait stability between high …

Following stroke, hemiparesis results in impaired motor control. Specifically, inappropriate
direction of foot-forces during locomotion has been reported. In our previous study that …

Recovery of walking after stroke requires an understanding of how motor control deficits
lead to gait impairment. Traditional therapy focuses on removing specific observable gait …

Background The effects of a stroke, such as hemiparesis, can severely hamper the ability to
walk and to maintain balance during gait. Providing support to stroke survivors through a …

OBJECTIVE: Responses to afferent input during locomotion are organized at the spinal level
but modulated by supraspinal centers. The study aim was to examine whether supraspinal …

Background. Maintaining balance in response to perturbations during walking often requires
the use of corrective responses to keep the center of mass within the base of support. The …