Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2018
The role of movement errors in modifying spatiotemporal gait asymmetry post stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
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42 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 Effect of Exercise Training on Gait, Balance, and Physical Fitness Asymmetries in Persons With Chronic Neurological Conditions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Pooled it
- Split-belt treadmill training improves gait symmetry and lower limb function in patients with stroke.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effect of mediolateral leg perturbations on walking balance in people with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Can a passive unilateral hip exosuit diminish walking asymmetry? A randomized trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Trial
- Linking gait mechanics with perceived quality of life and participation after stroke.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Practice Structure and Locomotor Learning After Stroke.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT · 2019Trial
- Weber's Law in walking: sensory scaling is observed in multi-sensory, dynamic tasks.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Weight-bearing symmetry changes after asymmetric surface stiffness walking.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Gait Adaptation to Asymmetric Foot-Ground Compliance Applied by Robotic Footwear.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2026Article
- A novel scheme for speed variation of a robotic cane to improve step length symmetry during overground walking.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Gait spatiotemporal alterations in schoolchildren with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
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- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy with Low-Energy Flux Density Treatment Applied to Hemiplegia Patients on Somatosensory Functions and Spatiotemporal Parameters.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2024Article
- Precision measurement of rehabilitation interventions-a secondary analysis of motor error in a clinical trial with young children with cerebral palsy.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Lower limb vertical stiffness and frontal plane angular impulse during perturbation-induced single limb stance and their associations with gait in individuals post-stroke.Journal of biomechanics · 2024Article
- Single-belt vs. split-belt treadmill symmetry training: is there a perfect choice for gait rehabilitation post-stroke?Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Autonomous Control of Music to Retrain Walking After Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2023Article
- Quick balance skill improvement after short-term training with error amplification feedback for older adults.NPJ science of learning · 2023Article
- Simple within-stride changes in treadmill speed can drive selective changes in human gait symmetry.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveCurrent rehabilitation to improve gait symmetry following stroke is based on one of two competing motor learning strategies: minimizing or augmenting symmetry errors. We sought to determine which of those motor learning strategies best improves overground spatiotemporal gait symmetry.
designRandomized controlled trial.
settingRehabilitation research lab. SUBJECTS: In all, 47 participants (59 ± 12 years old) with chronic hemiparesis post stroke and spatiotemporal gait asymmetry were randomized to error augmentation, error minimization, or conventional treadmill training (control) groups.
interventionsTo augment or minimize asymmetry on a step-by-step basis, we developed a responsive, "closed-loop" control system, using a split-belt instrumented treadmill that continuously adjusted the difference in belt speeds to be proportional to the patient's current asymmetry. MAIN MEASURES: Overground spatiotemporal asymmetries and gait speeds were collected prior to and following 18 training sessions.
resultsStep length asymmetry reduced after training, but stance time did not. There was no group × time interaction. Gait speed improved after training, but was not affected by type of asymmetry, or group. Of those who trained to modify step length asymmetry, there was a moderately strong linear relationship between the change in step length asymmetry and the change in gait speed.
conclusionAugmenting errors was not superior to minimizing errors or providing only verbal feedback during conventional treadmill walking. Therefore, the use of verbal feedback to target spatiotemporal asymmetry, which was common to all participants, appears to be sufficient to reduce step length asymmetry. Alterations in stance time asymmetry were not elicited in any group.
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