Development of motor control: Changes in tandem gait performance assessed quantitatively with harmonic ratio

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 200
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7590
Author(s):  
Kazushige Oshita ◽  
Sumio Yano

This study investigated the effects of haptic sensory input by different types of clothing worn on gait performance. Twelve healthy men performed normal and tandem gait tests with blindfolds under three different clothing conditions: (1) wearing only half tights (HT); (2) wearing a skirt-like draped outfit such as a cotton cloth wrapped around the waist and extended to the lower leg (DC); and (3) wearing a trouser-like outfit such as tracksuit bottoms (TS). Although gait speed was significantly increased in DC as compared with HT, this was not observed in TS. Missteps during tandem gait were significantly reduced with DC. In addition, DC made walking easier for individuals as compared with TS. These findings suggest that wearing a skirt-like outfit such as kilts in Scotland or the hakama in Japan may provide haptic sensory cues to enhance individuals’ perceptions of their body orientation as compared with trouser-like clothing that is in continuous contact with the legs.


2020 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie R. Oldham ◽  
David R. Howell ◽  
Christopher A. Knight ◽  
Jeremy R. Crenshaw ◽  
Thomas A. Buckley

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5S) ◽  
pp. 478
Author(s):  
Jessie R. Oldham ◽  
Melissa S. DiFabio ◽  
Kelsey Bryk ◽  
Ryan M. DeWolf ◽  
Thomas W. Kaminski ◽  
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Author(s):  
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Ashwini K. Rao

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (7S) ◽  
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Author(s):  
Cameron Kissick ◽  
Brennan Jordan ◽  
Brian Szekely ◽  
Sushma Alphonsa ◽  
Philip Pavilionis ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 93-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwanhee Ehm ◽  
Woong-Woo Lee ◽  
Yu Jin Jung ◽  
Han-Joon Kim ◽  
Beomseok Jeon

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 413
Author(s):  
Jessie R. Oldham ◽  
David R. Howell ◽  
Kelsey N. Bryk ◽  
William P. Meehan ◽  
Thomas A. Buckley

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