Participants were required to perform four walking tests at four different walking speeds 3.8, 4.8, 5.6 and 6.4 km/h for 6 min, respectively.
Both walking tests were measured once, and if a walking aid was nomally used inside the home, this aid was used during the tests.
The aim is to use walking tests that are more related to spatial navigation than to stereotyped walking in a straight line, in which the subject is able to pace his/her walking frequency depending on the cognitive task.
Experimental testing included heel impact and walking tests for 3200 mm span HCFPS panels.
Timed walking tests correlate with daily step activity in persons with stroke.
Simple walking tests that require little resources and can be interpreted quickly are advocated as useful screening tools for fall prone patients.
The actual vibration reductions achieved have been approximately 60% for walking tests and over 90% for a whole-day vibration monitoring.
Specifically, heel-drop impact and walking tests were performed on the PCT floor system to capture the dynamic properties including natural frequencies, mode shapes, damping ratios, and acceleration response.
The raw acceleration data corresponding to a series of walking tests is firstly captured by ActiGraph accelerometers, and then used as input to theoretically estimate the peak ground reaction force (PGRF) and peak loading rate (PLR).
Walking tests (timed up and go test and six-minute-walk-test), spatio-temporal gait analyses and subjective comfort assessments were completed after a short acclimatisation period with each socket.
The assessment of learning & memory was performed by Morris water maze test; motor in-coordination was evaluated by rota rod, lateral push and inclined beam walking tests; cerebral infarct size was quantified by triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining.
