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Familiarization with treadmill walking: How much is enough?
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 149 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Young, but not in the dark-The influence of reduced lighting on gait stability in middle-aged adults.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Application of vibration to the soles reduces minimum toe clearance variability during walking.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Immersive virtual reality during gait rehabilitation increases walking speed and motivation: a usability evaluation with healthy participants and patients with multiple sclerosis and stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Improvements in Gait Function Following Integrative Korean-Western Medicine Treatment in Older Adults with Chronic Stroke: A Retrospective Exploratory Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- Validity of energy expenditure from combined accelerometry and heart rate during load carriage in adults with overweight to mild obesity.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Effects of Cerebellar Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation at Frequencies Surrounding the Gait Cycle Frequency on Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2026Article
- Coordination dynamics and speed-related adaptations in forward and backward walking.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
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- Simulating Real-World Slips: Enhanced Kinematic and Neuromuscular Responses to Experimental Slips in the Early vs. Late Stance Phase in Young and Older Adults.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of sampling methods on the validity and reliability of the estimation of the orbital stability of human gait.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Dynamic stability metrics exhibit different periods of familiarization to treadmill walking.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Influence of treadmill speed selection on gait parameters compared to overground walking in subacute rehabilitation patients.Journal of physical therapy science · 2025Article
- Perceiving inter-leg speed differences while walking on a split-belt treadmill.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Real-time augmented feedback for gait training: are gait responses affected by the choice of target parameter?Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
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- Validation of a 3D Markerless Motion Capture Tool Using Multiple Pose and Depth Estimations for Quantitative Gait Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Self-selected speed provides more accurate human gait kinematics and spatiotemporal parameters than overground simulated speed on a treadmill: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Effects of the kinematic variable, time delay and data length on test-retest reliability of the maximal Lyapunov exponent of human walking.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Treadmill-based gait analysis is widely used to investigate walking pathologies and quantify treatment effects on locomotion. Differential sensorimotor conditions during overground vs. treadmill walking necessitate initial familiarization to treadmill walking. Currently, there is no standardized treadmill acclimatization protocol and insufficient familiarization potentially confounds analyses. We monitored initial adaptations to treadmill walking in 40 healthy adults. Twenty-six walking parameters were assessed over 10 minutes with marker-based kinematic analysis and acclimatization profiles were generated. While 16 walking parameters demonstrated initial acclimatization followed by plateau performance, ten parameters remained stable. Distal lower limb control including ankle range of motion, toe trajectory and foot clearance underwent substantial adaptations. Moreover, intralimb coordination and gait variability also demonstrated acclimatization, while measures of symmetry and interlimb coordination did not. All parameters exhibiting a plateau after acclimatization did so within 6-7 minutes (425 strides). Older participants and those naïve to treadmill walking showed adaptations with higher amplitudes but over similar timescales. Our results suggest a minimum of 6 minutes treadmill acclimatization is required to reach a stable performance, and that this should suffice for both older and naïve healthy adults. The presented data aids in optimizing treadmill-based gait analysis and contributes to improving locomotor assessments in research and clinical settings.
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