ReviewNeurophotonics2017
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy in movement science: a systematic review on cortical activity in postural and walking tasks.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effects of Different Attentional Focus During Walking on Prefrontal Cortical Activation in Young Healthy Adults
Locomotor Adaptability for Community Mobility of Older Adults: The Role of Gait Automaticity
Gait and Cortical Activity Profile of People With Multiple Sclerosis Presenting With Walking Fatigability
Methodological Study on the Minimum Number of Blocks in fNIRS: Brain Activity During Voluntary Movement and During Illusory Movement Induced by Vibratory Tendon Stimulation of the Right Distal Upper Limb in Healthy Right-handed Participants
The Effect of Ankle Foot Orthosis Influences the Prefrontal Load in Stroke Patients During Dual Task Walking
Who cites it
155 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 293 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brain-derived signals related to ball kicking movement in soccer and technologies employed: a systematic literature review with gap map.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- The relationship between motor and cognitive performance and cortical activity in patients with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review of functional near-infrared spectroscopy studies.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Age-related cortical mechanisms underlying postural control: a systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based task paradigms in stroke rehabilitation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Cerebral and muscle tissue oxygenation during exercise in healthy adults: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise promotes brain health: a systematic review of fNIRS studies.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Relationship between motor performance and cortical activity of older neurological disorder patients with dyskinesia using fNIRS: A systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with physical or cognitive training in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- Brain activity during dual task gait and balance in aging and age-related neurodegenerative conditions: A systematic review.Experimental gerontology · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the Combined Exercise and Cognitive Training System in Enhancing Frontal Lobe Function in Older Adults: A Randomized Control Study.BioMed research international · 2026Trial
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- Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation combined with physical exercise increases postural sway in Parkinson's disease: a double-blind and cross-over study.Experimental brain research · 2025Trial
- Intervention-Induced Changes in Balance and Task-Dependent Neural Activity in Adults with Acquired Brain Injury: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Trial
- Prefrontal cortex activation while walking did not change but gait speed improved after a randomized physical therapy intervention.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Trial
- Neural correlates of weight-shift training in older adults: a randomized controlled study.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- A pilot study to explore the effect of udenafil on cerebral hemodynamics in older adults.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2023Trial
- Cerebral haemodynamics during simulated driving: Changes in workload are detectable with functional near infrared spectroscopy.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Wearable hip-assist robot modulates cortical activation during gait in stroke patients: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- Validating attentive locomotion training using interactive treadmill: an fNIRS study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Impact of Increased Respiratory Load on Prefrontal Cortical Activation Under Varying Task Complexities of Trail Walking Task.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Safe locomotion is a crucial aspect of human daily living that requires well-functioning motor control processes. The human neuromotor control of daily activities such as walking relies on the complex interaction of subcortical and cortical areas. Technical developments in neuroimaging systems allow the quantification of cortical activation during the execution of motor tasks. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) seems to be a promising tool to monitor motor control processes in cortical areas in freely moving subjects. However, so far, there is no established standardized protocol regarding the application and data processing of fNIRS signals that limits the comparability among studies. Hence, this systematic review aimed to summarize the current knowledge about application and data processing in fNIRS studies dealing with walking or postural tasks. Fifty-six articles of an initial yield of 1420 publications were reviewed and information about methodology, data processing, and findings were extracted. Based on our results, we outline the recommendations with respect to the design and data processing of fNIRS studies. Future perspectives of measuring fNIRS signals in movement science are discussed.
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