Stroke remains one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide, affecting millions each year. Among its most debilitating consequences is gait impairment, which affects over 80% of stroke ...

Renowned author Ruskin Bond has been hospitalized in Dehradun due to leg discomfort and is undergoing treatment for a suspected gait disorder. The 91-year-old author's weakened leg is causing ...

Peripheral neuropathy, a condition resulting from damage to the peripheral nervous system, can significantly impair a person’s ability to walk comfortably. This damage disrupts the communication ...

A fascinating new study suggests clinicians may be able to accurately diagnose whether cognitively impaired patients are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or Lewy body dementia by studying their ...

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The way you walk, something you likely perform automatically thousands of times daily, contains a wealth of information about your overall health. Gait analysis, once primarily the domain of elite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Mark Hamilton, professor of neurosurgery at Cummings School of Medicine, holds the shunt used to help patient Jill Knaus. They ...

A physical therapist offers tips and exercises that can help patients with cancer who experiencing difficulty walking from either the disease or its treatments. Patients with cancer can experience ...

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If you're into your running, you may have heard of something called a gait analysis. A gait analysis is a method for identifying biomechanical abnormalities in the gait cycle, or in other words, it’s ...