Detection and assessment of Parkinson's disease based on gait analysis: A survey

Y Guo, J Yang, Y Liu, X Chen, GZ Yang - Frontiers in aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neurological disorders represent one of the leading causes of disability and mortality in the
world. Parkinson's Disease (PD), for example, affecting millions of people worldwide is often …

Rethinking the evolution of the human foot: insights from experimental research

NB Holowka, DE Lieberman - Journal of experimental …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Adaptive explanations for modern human foot anatomy have long fascinated evolutionary
biologists because of the dramatic differences between our feet and those of our closest …

Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes

A Kotsifaki, S Van Rossom, R Whiteley… - British journal of sports …, 2022 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives Vertical jump performance (height) is a more representative metric for knee
function than horizontal hop performance (distance) in healthy individuals. It is not known …

The functional importance of human foot muscles for bipedal locomotion

DJ Farris, LA Kelly, AG Cresswell… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Human feet have evolved to facilitate bipedal locomotion, losing an opposable digit that
grasped branches in favor of a longitudinal arch (LA) that stiffens the foot and aids bipedal …

How muscles maximize performance in accelerated sprinting

MG Pandy, AKM Lai, AG Schache… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We sought to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how the individual leg
muscles act synergistically to generate a ground force impulse and maximize the change in …

Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics

L Wade, L Needham, P McGuigan, J Bilzon - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background Markerless motion capture has the potential to perform movement analysis with
reduced data collection and processing time compared to marker-based methods. This …

The energetic behaviour of the human foot across a range of running speeds

LA Kelly, AG Cresswell, DJ Farris - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The human foot contains passive elastic tissues that have spring-like qualities, storing and
returning mechanical energy and other tissues that behave as dampers, dissipating energy …

How mechanics of individual muscle-tendon units define knee and ankle joint function in health and cerebral palsy—a narrative review

CS Kaya Keles, F Ates - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study reviews the relationship between muscle-tendon biomechanics and joint function,
with a particular focus on how cerebral palsy (CP) affects this relationship. In healthy …

A direct comparison of biplanar videoradiography and optical motion capture for foot and ankle kinematics

SE Kessler, MJ Rainbow, GA Lichtwark… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Measuring motion of the human foot presents a unique challenge due to the large number of
closely packed bones with congruent articulating surfaces. Optical motion capture (OMC) …

The effect of interventions anticipated to improve plantar intrinsic foot muscle strength on fall-related dynamic function in adults: a systematic review

L Willemse, EJM Wouters, HM Bronts… - Journal of foot and ankle …, 2022 - Springer
Background The plantar intrinsic foot muscles (PIFMs) have a role in dynamic functions,
such as balance and propulsion, which are vital to walking. These muscles atrophy in older …