Should you hold onto the treadmill handrails or not? Cortical evidence at different walking speeds

M Biggio, C Iester, D Cattaneo, S Cutini, A Bisio… - Journal of …, 2025 - Springer
Background Treadmill-based gait training is part of rehabilitation programs focused on
walking abilities. The use of handrails embedded in treadmill systems is debated, and …

Fingertip light touch contact increases anteroposterior limits of stability in healthy young and older adults

H Tomita, H Asai, Y Ogawa, N Kawamata, H Hayashi - Gait & Posture, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The limit of stability (LoS), an index of stance balance ability, is reduced in older
adults. Although contacting an earth-fixed external surface through fingertips' light touch …

The Effect of Handrail Support During Treadmill Walking on Gait Dynamics and Intralimb Coordination in Stroke Survivors

EA Steffensen - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Stroke is a leading cause of adult long-term disability, and survivors often have significant
gait impairments such as poor balance and reduced walking speed, which predict functional …