Gait complexity is acutely restored in older adults when walking to a fractal-like visual stimulus.

ABSTRACT: Typically, gait rehabilitation uses an invariant stimulus paradigm to improve gait related deficiencies. However, this approach may not be optimal as it does not incorporate gait complexity, or in more precise words, the variable fractal-like nature found in the gait fluctuations commonly observed in healthy populations. Aging which also affects gait complexity, resulting in a loss of adaptability to the surrounding environment, could benefit from gait rehabilitation that incorporates a variable fractal-like stimulus paradigm. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of a variable fractal-like visual stimulus on the stride-to-stride fluctuations of older adults during overground walking. Additionally, our study aimed to investigate potential retention effects by instruc

SUBMITTER: Vaz JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8141352 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature