What Does Your Walk Say About You?

Sources Medically Reviewed on 12/08/2019 Reviewed by Tyler Wheeler, MD on December 08, 2019
SOURCES:
JAMA: "Gait Speed and Survival in Older Adults."
Cognition: "Walking blindfolded unveils unique contributions of behavioural approach and inhibition to lateral spatial bias."
Mayo Clinic: "Toe walking in children," "Foot drop," "Parkinson's disease."
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy: "Altered Gait Characteristics in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis and Self-Reported Knee Instability."
Psychiatry: "Gait and its assessment in psychiatry."
NIAAA Alcohol Alert: "Cognitive Impairment and Recovery From Alcoholism."
Medscape Medical News: "Walking Irregularities a Harbinger of Cognitive Decline?"
Personality and Individual Differences: "Women's body movements are a potential cue to ovulation."
Journal of Athletic Training: "Previous Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postural-Control Dynamics."
European Spine Journal: "Gait adaptations in low back pain patients with lumbar disc herniation: trunk coordination and arm swing."
Brain: "Mechanisms underlying gait disturbance in Parkinson's disease: A single photon emission computed tomography study."
Gait Posture: "Arm Swing Magnitude and Asymmetry During Gait in the Early Stages of Parkinson's Disease."
Journal of Sexual Medicine: "A Woman's History of Vaginal Orgasm is Discernible from Her Walk."
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: "Walking (Gait) Difficulties."
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry: "How we walk affects what we remember: Gait modifications through biofeedback change negative affective memory bias."
Reviewed by Tyler Wheeler, MD on December 08, 2019
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