ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2017
Effects of narrow-base walking and dual tasking on gait spatiotemporal characteristics in anterior cruciate ligament-injured adults compared to healthy adults.
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- Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Lower-Limb Movements: Can Analyzing Gait Parameters and Movements Help Detect Dementia? A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of Cognitive Loading on Motor Behavior in Injured Individuals: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of cognitive dual tasking and tandem walking on gait parameters in chronic neck pain people: a preliminary cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Cortical activation and functional connectivity during dual-task walking under different cognitive loads: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- The Influence of Cognitive Dual Tasking on the Outcomes of the Triple Hop Test Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Gait Variability at Different Walking Speeds.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- Effect of Time After Injury on Tibiofemoral Joint Kinematics in Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Deficient Knees During Gait.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- The Effects of Challenging Walking Conditions on Kinematic Synergy and Stability of Gait in People with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Study Protocol.Advanced biomedical research · 2022Article
- DUAL-TASK ASSESSMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2020Article
- Dual-Task Effects on Performance of Gait and Balance in People with Knee Pain: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- INCORPORATING A DUAL-TASK ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL WITH FUNCTIONAL HOP TESTING.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe present experiment was conducted to examine the hypothesis that challenging control through narrow-base walking and/or dual tasking affects ACL-injured adults more than healthy control adults.
methodsTwenty male ACL-injured adults and twenty healthy male adults walked on a treadmill at a comfortable speed under two base-of-support conditions, normal-base versus narrow-base, with and without a cognitive task. Gait patterns were assessed using mean and variability of step length and mean and variability of step velocity. Cognitive performance was assessed using the number of correct counts in a backward counting task.
resultsNarrow-base walking resulted in a larger decrease in step length and a more pronounced increase in variability of step length and of step velocity in ACL-injured adults than in healthy adults. For most of the gait parameters and for backward counting performance, the dual-tasking effect was similar between the two groups.
conclusionsACL-injured adults adopt a more conservative and more unstable gait pattern during narrow-base walking. This can be largely explained by deficits of postural control in ACL-injured adults, which impairs gait under more balance-demanding conditions. The observation that the dual-tasking effect did not differ between the groups may be explained by the fact that walking is an automatic process that involves minimal use of attentional resources, even after ACL injury. Clinicians should consider the need to include aspects of terrain complexity, such as walking on a narrow walkway, in gait assessment and training of patients with ACL injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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