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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): C. Price, A. Martinez Santos, C. Nester
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Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): C. Price, A. Martinez Santos, C. Nester
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Author(s): A.-L. Guinet, E. Desailly
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Author(s): I. Vanmechelen, A. Shortland, J. Noble
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Author(s): H. Evrendilek, N.E. Akalan, R. Sert, S. Kuchimov, G. Karaca, G. Ertürk, F. Bilgili, P. Lucareli
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Author(s): A. Fidalgo Herrera, M.J. Martínez-Beltran, A. García-González, J. de la Torre-Montero
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Author(s): F. Romano, G. Bertolini, A. Ventura, K. Mani, D. Straumann, N. Feddermann-Demont
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Author(s): Derek N. Pamukoff, Melissa M. Montgomery, Skylar Holmes, Tyler J. Moffit, Steven A. Garcia, Michael N. Vakula
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Keonyoung Oh, Christopher J. Stanley, Diane L. Damiano, Jonghyun Kim, Jungwon Yoon, Hyung-Soon Park
Patients with brain injuries such as Parkinson’s disease or stroke exhibit abnormal gait characteristics especially during gait transitions such as step initiation and turning. Since such transitions could precipitate falls and resultant injuries, evaluation and rehabilitation of non-steady state gait in those patients are important. Whereas body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) provides a safe and controlled environment for gait training, it is unable to adequately train for gait transitions since the typical linear treadmill does not allow for changes in walking direction and natural fluctuations in speed.
This paper verifies if the suggested virtual reality (VR) based walking interface combined with the unidirectional treadmill can stimulate the user to initiate turning gait.
To validate whether initiation of turning was successfully achieved with the proposed walking system, we developed the VR-based walking interface combined with the self-paced treadmill and compared kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activation levels during the VR-based turning and over ground (OG) turning as well as between straight walking and turning within conditions.
Despite walking on a linear treadmill, subjects showed significant increases in head rotation, pelvic rotation, right hip abduction, left hip adduction, foot progression, medial-lateral ground reaction forces, right medial hamstring activation level, and changes in step width during the VR turn compared to straight walking.
The developed VR-based turning interface can provide a safe and controlled environment for assessment of turning in healthy controls and may have a potential for assessment and training in patients with neurological disorders.
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): G. Leblebici, E. Akalan, A. Apti, S. Kuchımov, A. Kurt, K. Onerge
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): C. Price, A. Martinez Santos, C. Nester
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): A.-L. Guinet, E. Desailly
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): I. Vanmechelen, A. Shortland, J. Noble
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): H. Evrendilek, N.E. Akalan, R. Sert, S. Kuchimov, G. Karaca, G. Ertürk, F. Bilgili, P. Lucareli
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): A. Fidalgo Herrera, M.J. Martínez-Beltran, A. García-González, J. de la Torre-Montero
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): F. Romano, G. Bertolini, A. Ventura, K. Mani, D. Straumann, N. Feddermann-Demont
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Derek N. Pamukoff, Melissa M. Montgomery, Skylar Holmes, Tyler J. Moffit, Steven A. Garcia, Michael N. Vakula
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Keonyoung Oh, Christopher J. Stanley, Diane L. Damiano, Jonghyun Kim, Jungwon Yoon, Hyung-Soon Park
Patients with brain injuries such as Parkinson’s disease or stroke exhibit abnormal gait characteristics especially during gait transitions such as step initiation and turning. Since such transitions could precipitate falls and resultant injuries, evaluation and rehabilitation of non-steady state gait in those patients are important. Whereas body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) provides a safe and controlled environment for gait training, it is unable to adequately train for gait transitions since the typical linear treadmill does not allow for changes in walking direction and natural fluctuations in speed.
This paper verifies if the suggested virtual reality (VR) based walking interface combined with the unidirectional treadmill can stimulate the user to initiate turning gait.
To validate whether initiation of turning was successfully achieved with the proposed walking system, we developed the VR-based walking interface combined with the self-paced treadmill and compared kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activation levels during the VR-based turning and over ground (OG) turning as well as between straight walking and turning within conditions.
Despite walking on a linear treadmill, subjects showed significant increases in head rotation, pelvic rotation, right hip abduction, left hip adduction, foot progression, medial-lateral ground reaction forces, right medial hamstring activation level, and changes in step width during the VR turn compared to straight walking.
The developed VR-based turning interface can provide a safe and controlled environment for assessment of turning in healthy controls and may have a potential for assessment and training in patients with neurological disorders.
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): G. Leblebici, E. Akalan, A. Apti, S. Kuchımov, A. Kurt, K. Onerge
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): O. Cankaya, K. Seyhan, M. Kerem Günel
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Author(s): N.E. Akalan, A. Apti, A. Kurt, R. Sert, K. Onerge, G. Leblebici, S. Kuchimov, F. Bilgili, Y. Temelli, F. Miller
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Author(s): O. Cankaya, K. Seyhan, M. Kerem Günel
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): N.E. Akalan, A. Apti, A. Kurt, R. Sert, K. Onerge, G. Leblebici, S. Kuchimov, F. Bilgili, Y. Temelli, F. Miller
Measurement of chemosensory function.
World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Mar;4(1):11-28
Authors: Doty RL
Abstract
Although hundreds of thousands of patients seek medical help annually for disorders of taste and smell, relatively few medical practitioners quantitatively test their patients' chemosensory function, taking their complaints at face value. This is clearly not the approach paid to patients complaining of visual, hearing, or balance problems. Accurate chemosensory testing is essential to establish the nature, degree, and veracity of a patient's complaint, as well as to aid in counseling and in monitoring the effectiveness of treatment strategies and decisions. In many cases, patients perseverate on chemosensory loss that objective assessment demonstrates has resolved. In other cases, patients are malingering. Olfactory testing is critical for not only establishing the validity and degree of the chemosensory dysfunction, but for helping patients place their dysfunction into perspective relative to the function of their peer group. It is well established, for example, that olfactory dysfunction is the rule, rather than the exception, in members of the older population. Moreover, it is now apparent that such dysfunction can be an early sign of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Importantly, older anosmics are three times more likely to die over the course of an ensuring five-year period than their normosmic peers, a situation that may be averted in some cases by appropriate nutritional and safety counseling. This review provides the clinician, as well as the academic and industrial researcher, with an overview of the available means for accurately assessing smell and taste function, including up-to-date information and normative data for advances in this field.
PMID: 30035257 [PubMed]
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Sudden Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vertigo as Presenting Symptoms of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2018 Jul 01;:3489418787831
Authors: Cass ND, Gubbels SP, Portnuff CDF
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objective was to describe a unique case of sudden bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo presenting as the first symptoms of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
METHODS: A patient case is discussed along with a review of associated literature.
RESULTS: A patient presented with sudden onset hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo, and was diagnosed with CML with an initial white blood cell (WBC) count of 555 000 per microliter. The proposed etiology of otologic symptoms is hyperleukocytosis. Serial audiograms showed minimal improvement in hearing despite reduction of WBC.
CONCLUSION: In cases of bilateral, sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss, evaluation for systemic causes of otologic symptoms, including CML, should be considered.
PMID: 30032641 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Measurement of chemosensory function.
World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Mar;4(1):11-28
Authors: Doty RL
Abstract
Although hundreds of thousands of patients seek medical help annually for disorders of taste and smell, relatively few medical practitioners quantitatively test their patients' chemosensory function, taking their complaints at face value. This is clearly not the approach paid to patients complaining of visual, hearing, or balance problems. Accurate chemosensory testing is essential to establish the nature, degree, and veracity of a patient's complaint, as well as to aid in counseling and in monitoring the effectiveness of treatment strategies and decisions. In many cases, patients perseverate on chemosensory loss that objective assessment demonstrates has resolved. In other cases, patients are malingering. Olfactory testing is critical for not only establishing the validity and degree of the chemosensory dysfunction, but for helping patients place their dysfunction into perspective relative to the function of their peer group. It is well established, for example, that olfactory dysfunction is the rule, rather than the exception, in members of the older population. Moreover, it is now apparent that such dysfunction can be an early sign of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Importantly, older anosmics are three times more likely to die over the course of an ensuring five-year period than their normosmic peers, a situation that may be averted in some cases by appropriate nutritional and safety counseling. This review provides the clinician, as well as the academic and industrial researcher, with an overview of the available means for accurately assessing smell and taste function, including up-to-date information and normative data for advances in this field.
PMID: 30035257 [PubMed]
Related Articles |
Sudden Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vertigo as Presenting Symptoms of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2018 Jul 01;:3489418787831
Authors: Cass ND, Gubbels SP, Portnuff CDF
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objective was to describe a unique case of sudden bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo presenting as the first symptoms of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
METHODS: A patient case is discussed along with a review of associated literature.
RESULTS: A patient presented with sudden onset hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo, and was diagnosed with CML with an initial white blood cell (WBC) count of 555 000 per microliter. The proposed etiology of otologic symptoms is hyperleukocytosis. Serial audiograms showed minimal improvement in hearing despite reduction of WBC.
CONCLUSION: In cases of bilateral, sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss, evaluation for systemic causes of otologic symptoms, including CML, should be considered.
PMID: 30032641 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Author(s): F. Salami, B.K. Krautwurst, J. Leboucher, S.I. Wolf
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Author(s): H. De Vroey, F. Staes, I. Weygers, S. Bekteshi, E. Vereecke, H. Hallez, K. Claeys
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Author(s): S. Yan, B. Shi, L. Yang
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Author(s): J. Pollet, C. Arienti, F. Bosio, B. Piovanelli, R. Buraschi, P. Pedersini, S. Negrini
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Author(s): P. Aleixo, T. Atalaia, J. Vaz Patto, J. Abrantes
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Author(s): J. Pierret, S. Caudron, C. Beyaert
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Author(s): J. López-Pascual, J. Hurtado Abellán, M. Inglés, G. Espí-López, P. Serra-Añó
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Author(s): I.A. Bayhan, C. Gönen Aydin
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Author(s): A. Yıldız, E. Yildirim, O. Ozturk, I. Demirbuken, M. Ozturk, M.G. Polat
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Author(s): J. Block, C. Putz, C. Weichold, D. Heitzmann, T. Kaib, S.I. Wolf, M. Alimusaj
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Author(s): Z. Hirjakova, D. Bzdúšková, J. Kimijanová, K. Hornáček, F. Hlavačka
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Author(s): Yosra Cherni, Laurent Ballaz, Geneviève Girarin-Vignola, Mickael Begon
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Author(s): R. Buraschi, J. Pollet, B. Alghisi, S. Beltrami, P. Pedersini, B. Piovanelli, S. Negrini
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Author(s): S. Yan, M. Schlippe, O. Tarassova, G.V. Pennati, A. Arndt, L. Yang, B. Shi, R. Wang
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Author(s): E. Ylitalo, H. Mäenpää, H. Piitulainen
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Author(s): S. Van Drongelen, B. Fey, F. Stief, H. Kaldowski, D. Ipek, A. Meurer
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Author(s): A. D’Angeles, P. Kutilek, V. Krivanek, J. Farlik, J. Hejda, P. Volf, P. Smrcka, R. Doskocil, J. Casar
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): F. Salami, B.K. Krautwurst, J. Leboucher, S.I. Wolf
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): H. De Vroey, F. Staes, I. Weygers, S. Bekteshi, E. Vereecke, H. Hallez, K. Claeys
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): S. Yan, B. Shi, L. Yang
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): J. Pollet, C. Arienti, F. Bosio, B. Piovanelli, R. Buraschi, P. Pedersini, S. Negrini
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): P. Aleixo, T. Atalaia, J. Vaz Patto, J. Abrantes
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): J. Pierret, S. Caudron, C. Beyaert
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): J. López-Pascual, J. Hurtado Abellán, M. Inglés, G. Espí-López, P. Serra-Añó
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): I.A. Bayhan, C. Gönen Aydin
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): A. Yıldız, E. Yildirim, O. Ozturk, I. Demirbuken, M. Ozturk, M.G. Polat
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): J. Block, C. Putz, C. Weichold, D. Heitzmann, T. Kaib, S.I. Wolf, M. Alimusaj
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Z. Hirjakova, D. Bzdúšková, J. Kimijanová, K. Hornáček, F. Hlavačka
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Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Yosra Cherni, Laurent Ballaz, Geneviève Girarin-Vignola, Mickael Begon
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): R. Buraschi, J. Pollet, B. Alghisi, S. Beltrami, P. Pedersini, B. Piovanelli, S. Negrini
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): S. Yan, M. Schlippe, O. Tarassova, G.V. Pennati, A. Arndt, L. Yang, B. Shi, R. Wang
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): E. Ylitalo, H. Mäenpää, H. Piitulainen
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): S. Van Drongelen, B. Fey, F. Stief, H. Kaldowski, D. Ipek, A. Meurer
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): A. D’Angeles, P. Kutilek, V. Krivanek, J. Farlik, J. Hejda, P. Volf, P. Smrcka, R. Doskocil, J. Casar
Publication date: September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture, Volume 65
Author(s): Douglas Bonifácio, Jim Richards, James Selfe, Sarah Curran, Renato Trede
Medial wedged foot orthoses are frequently prescribed to reduce retropatellar stress in patients with patellofemoral pain (PFP) by controlling calcaneal eversion and internal rotation of the tibia. During activities of daily living, the highest patella loads occur during stair descent, but the effect of foot orthoses during stair descent remains unclear.
The purpose of this study was to compare the kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation during a step descent task in healthy volunteers using three designs of foot orthoses (insoles).
Sixteen healthy subjects with a mean age of 25.7 years, BMI of 23.3, and +5 Foot Posture Index were recruited. Subjects performed a step down task from 20 cm using a 5o rearfoot medial wedge (R), a 5o rearfoot and forefoot medial wedge (R/F), and a control flat insole (C).
Significant improvements in control were seen in the R and R/F insoles over the C insole in the foot and at the ankle and hip kinematics. The R and R/F insoles increased the knee adduction moments, but reduced knee internal rotation moment compared to the C insole. Abductor hallucis (AH) activity was reduced with both insoles, whereas tibialis anterior (TA) activity was reduced with the R insole only.
Foot orthoses can change joint mechanics in the foot and lower limbs providing greater stability and less work done by AH and TA muscles. This data supports the use of foot orthoses to provide functional benefits during step descent, which may benefit patients with PFP.
Publication date: September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture, Volume 65
Author(s): Douglas Bonifácio, Jim Richards, James Selfe, Sarah Curran, Renato Trede
Medial wedged foot orthoses are frequently prescribed to reduce retropatellar stress in patients with patellofemoral pain (PFP) by controlling calcaneal eversion and internal rotation of the tibia. During activities of daily living, the highest patella loads occur during stair descent, but the effect of foot orthoses during stair descent remains unclear.
The purpose of this study was to compare the kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation during a step descent task in healthy volunteers using three designs of foot orthoses (insoles).
Sixteen healthy subjects with a mean age of 25.7 years, BMI of 23.3, and +5 Foot Posture Index were recruited. Subjects performed a step down task from 20 cm using a 5o rearfoot medial wedge (R), a 5o rearfoot and forefoot medial wedge (R/F), and a control flat insole (C).
Significant improvements in control were seen in the R and R/F insoles over the C insole in the foot and at the ankle and hip kinematics. The R and R/F insoles increased the knee adduction moments, but reduced knee internal rotation moment compared to the C insole. Abductor hallucis (AH) activity was reduced with both insoles, whereas tibialis anterior (TA) activity was reduced with the R insole only.
Foot orthoses can change joint mechanics in the foot and lower limbs providing greater stability and less work done by AH and TA muscles. This data supports the use of foot orthoses to provide functional benefits during step descent, which may benefit patients with PFP.