The Relationship Between Walking Speed and the Energetic Cost of Walking in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Controls: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) experience walking impairments, characterized by decreased walking speeds. In healthy subjects, the self-selected walking speed is the energetically most optimal. In pwMS, the energetically most optimal walking speed remains underexposed. Therefore, this review aimed to determine the relationship between walking speed and energetic cost of walking (Cw) in pwMS, compared with healthy subjects, thereby assessing the walking speed with the lowest energetic cost. As it is unclear whether the Cw in pwMS differs between overground and treadmill walking, as reported in healthy subjects, a second review aim was to compare both conditions.

Method

PubMed and Web of Science were systematically searched. Studies assessing pwMS, reporting

SUBMITTER: Theunissen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8135251 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature