Vol. 16 No. 5 (2022)

Special issue on the Effects of aging on locomotor patterns

Description

This special issue aims to organize scientific evidence on how healthy aging and age-related diseases affect locomotion in different contexts. Locomotion here is supposed to cover mobility performance, walking capacity, and different measures of gait (e.g., gait stability, variability, kinematics, muscle activation, synergies, and cortical activation). We also encourage studies verifying task paradigms, multidimensional correlational gait studies, interventions focusing on gait rehabilitation and falls, and discussions of different levels of gait analysis in aging and age-related diseases.

Guest editors

Dr Paulo Cezar Rocha dos Santos (Dept of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics, The Center of Advanced Technologies in Rehabilitation, Sheba Hospital, Israel)

Dr Diego Orcioli Silva (São Paulo State University - Unesp, Posture and Gait Studies Laboratory- LEPLO, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil)

Peer-review process

The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.