The authors investigated how expertise in motor skills that require fine postural control, such
as gymnastics, influences postural regulation. Gymnasts and nongymnasts performed a …

A mechanism to modulate speed during human walking has not yet been proposed in the
literature, even though changing walking speed is likely a necessary attribute of everyday …

The study's aim was to document ageing effects on gait control by analysing the distributions
of both left and right step timing and minimum foot-ground clearance (MFC) in older men …

After walking onto a moving platform subjects experience a locomotor aftereffect (LAE),
including a self-generated stumble, when walking again onto a stationary platform. Thus this …

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a chronic arterial occlusive disease of the lower
extremities caused by atherosclerosis. The most common presenting symptom of PAD is …

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease that affects an estimated 20 million
Americans, and contributes significantly to functional limitations and disability. Normal …

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a chronic arterial occlusive disease of the lower
extremities caused by atherosclerosis. The most common presenting symptom of PAD is …

Chapter 14 is another newly added chapter on hip fracture rehabilitation and is once again
both timely and important. It is timely because of the projected exponential increase in hip …

This chapter provides a background review of the literature relevant to the methods used in
this thesis. An overview on the role of the various sensorimotor systems involved in postural …

Bunday KL, Bronstein AM. Visuo-vestibular influences on the moving platform locomotor
aftereffect. J Neurophysiol 99: 1354–1365, 2008. First published January 9, 2007; doi …