Even though human legs allow a wide repertoire of movements, when people travel by foot they mostly use one of two locomotor patterns, namely, walking and running. The selection of these two gaits ...

Canadian researchers are the first to study how different patterns in the way older adults walk could more accurately diagnose different types of dementia and identify Alzheimer's disease. A new study ...

Even simple insects can generate quite different movement patterns with their six legs. The animal uses various gaits depending on whether it crawls uphill or downhill, slowly or fast. Scientists have ...

Look at your old shoe wear patterns to discover asymmetries in your gait that could lead to injury if overlooked. Some of us like to hold onto our old sneakers for sentimental reasons. Perhaps they ...

People with Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease do not walk the same way. In fact, their unique walking patterns may help clinicians differentiate between the two conditions and improve disease ...

A team dedicated to designing energy conversion devices, led by Weilin Chen from Northeast Normal University in Changchun, recently designed a triboelectric nanogenerator based on changing the ...

For patients with knee osteoarthritis, aerobic activities such as walking, cycling, or swimming are likely to be the best exercise for improving pain, function, gait performance, and quality of life, ...

Knee pain can make staying active a real challenge, whether that means running, walking, or even just climbing the stairs. While medication can help, researchers have been exploring natural ways to ...