Gait is an essential function for humans, and gait patterns in daily life provide meaningful
information about a person's cognitive and physical health conditions. Inertial measurement …

Background: Losses in lower extremity muscle strength/power, muscle mass and deficits in
static and particularly dynamic balance due to aging are associated with impaired functional …

Physical and cognitive training seem to counteract age‐related decline in physical and
mental function. Recently, the possibility of integrating cognitive demands into physical …

The link between mental representation (MREP) structures and motor performance has
been evidenced for a great variety of movement skills, but not for the human gait. Therefore …

García-Pinillos, F, Roche-Seruendo, LE, Marcen-Cinca, N, Marco-Contreras, LA, and Latorre-
Román, PA. Absolute reliability and concurrent validity of the Stryd system for the …

There has been a growing concern among clinical and educational practitioners, as well as,
policy makers on the use of backpacks by schoolchildren. On a daily basis, pupils spend a …

Background Measuring gait function has become an essential tool in the assessment of
mobility in aging populations for both, clinicians and researchers. A variety of systems exist …

This study aimed at assessing physical performance of elite karatekas and non-karatekas.
More specifically, effects of kumite and kata technique on joint mobility, body stability, and …

This study aimed to evaluate the concurrent validity of two different inertial measurement
units for measuring spatiotemporal parameters during running on a treadmill, by comparing …

Background Studies using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) have shown that
dual-task walking leads to greater prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation compared to the single …