ArticleJournal of biomechanics2016
Evaluation of measurements of propulsion used to reflect changes in walking speed in individuals poststroke.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Locomotor adaptation on a split-belt treadmill in adults with stroke: a systematic review.Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2023Pooled it
- The efficacy of gait rehabilitations for the treatment of incomplete spinal cord injury: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Linking gait mechanics with perceived quality of life and participation after stroke.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Effects of unilateral real-time biofeedback on propulsive forces during gait.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2017Trial
- Identification of Gait Patterns Associated with Paretic Propulsion and Velocity in Community-Dwelling Individuals with Stroke: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Exoskeleton frontal and sagittal plane hip torque improves propulsion and transient stability during walking in individuals with hemiparesis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Relationship between anterior-posterior ground reaction force patterns and immediate effect of different types of ankle-foot orthoses in individuals with post-stroke hemiparesis: a cross-sectional study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Inter-individual variability in the relationship between propulsion force and walking speed in subacute stroke.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Walking speed can be modulated on an adaptive split-belt treadmill.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Gait speed-dependent modulation of paretic versus non-paretic propulsion in persons with chronic stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Within-session propulsion asymmetry changes have a limited effect on gait asymmetry post-stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Gait analysis with smart insoles can identify patients at risk of tibial shaft fracture nonunion as early as six weeks after surgery: longitudinal and cross-sectional study.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Adaptive Functional Electrical Stimulation Delivers Stimulation Amplitudes Based on Real-Time Gait Biomechanics.Journal of medical devices · 2024Article
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- How Important is Position in Adaptive Treadmill Control?Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2024Article
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- Effects of Bilateral Assistance for Hemiparetic Gait Post-Stroke Using a Powered Hip Exoskeleton.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- Simulations suggest walking with reduced propulsive force would not mitigate the energetic consequences of lower tendon stiffness.PloS one · 2023Article
- Effects of backward-directed resistance on propulsive force generation during split-belt treadmill walking in non-impaired individuals.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- An impairment-specific hip exoskeleton assistance for gait training in subjects with acquired brain injury: a feasibility study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Recent rehabilitation approaches for individuals poststroke have focused on improving walking speed because it is a reliable measurement that is associated with quality of life. Previous studies have demonstrated that propulsion, the force used to propel the body forward, determines walking speed. However, there are several different ways of measuring propulsion and no studies have identified which measurement best reflects differences in walking speed. The primary purposes of this study were to determine for individuals poststroke, which measurement of propulsion (1) is most closely related to their self-selected walking speeds and (2) best reflects changes in walking speed within a session. Participants (N=43) with chronic poststroke hemiparesis walked at their self-selected and maximal walking speeds on a treadmill. Propulsive impulse, peak propulsive force, and mean propulsive value (propulsive impulse divided by duration) were analyzed. In addition, each participant׳s cadence was calculated. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to determine the relationships between different measurements of propulsion versus walking speed as well as changes in propulsion versus changes in walking speed. Stepwise linear regression was used to determine which measurement of propulsion best predicted walking speed and changes in walking speed. The results showed that all 3 measurements of propulsion were correlated to walking speed, with peak propulsive force showed the strongest correlation. Similarly, when participants increased their walking speeds, changes in peak propulsive forces showed the strongest correlation to changes in walking speed. In addition, multiplying each measurement by cadence improved the correlations. The present study suggests that measuring peak propulsive force and cadence may be most appropriate of the variables studied to characterize propulsion in individuals poststroke.
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