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ArticleJournal of biomechanics2020

Walking speed changes in response to user-driven treadmill control after stroke.

Nicole T Ray, Darcy S Reisman, Jill S Higginson

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Article in Journal of biomechanics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Walking speed can be modulated on an adaptive split-belt treadmill.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole T RayMechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. Electronic address: nray@udel.edu.
Darcy S ReismanPhysical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Jill S HigginsonMechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA; Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
University of Delaware · US

Funding

Subproject Title: Clinical Research Education, Mentoring and Career Development CoreU54GM104941 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI Gregory E Hicks · 2013 to 2026
$60.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104941
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine how individuals poststroke respond to user-driven treadmill (UDTM) controlin terms ofwalking speeds, peak anterior ground reaction forces (AGRF), peak posterior ground reaction forces (PGRF), and trailing limb angles (TLA). Twenty individuals with chronic stroke walked overground during a 10-meter walk test to determine their self-selected (SS) speeds before walking on a treadmill in its fixed-speed (FSTM) and UDTM control modes at their SS and fastest comfortable (Fast) speeds. Paired t-tests were used to compare the walking speeds, peak AGRF, peak PGRF, and TLA among test conditions (α = 0.05). Participants selected similar SS (p > 0.05) and faster Fast walking speeds (p < 0.05) with the UDTM control compared to the FSTM control. There were no changes in their peak AGRF or PGRF for either limb or speed between UDTM and FSTM conditions (p > 0.05). Individuals used greater paretic TLA at SS speeds with UDTM control (p < 0.05). There was no difference in the AGRF required at Fast speeds with FSTM and UDTM control even though participants selected faster speeds with UDTM control. In work with young, healthy adults, we found that the treadmill control condition did not affect the amount of forward propulsion needed. Therefore, it is likely that when walking with UDTM control, individuals poststroke adjust their posture to make better use of their forward propulsion. This means they can reach faster walking speeds without increasing their push-off forces. Future work should assess how to most effectively prescribe UDTM control for gait training programs.

Indexed as

Exercise TestAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedStrokeWalking SpeedYoung AdultStrokeTreadmill-based gait trainingUser-driven treadmill control

Identifiers

PMID31983402
PMCPMC7104554
OpenAlexW3000024694

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