TY - JOUR AU - Soni, Smit AU - Lamontagne, Anouk PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/23 TI - Characterization of speed adaptation while walking on an omnidirectional treadmill JO - Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation SP - 153 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Conventional treadmills are widely used for gait retraining in rehabilitation setting. Their usefulness for training more complex locomotor tasks, however, remains limited given that they do not allow changing the speed nor the direction of walking which are essential walking adaptations for efficient and safe community ambulation. These drawbacks can be addressed by using a self-pace omnidirectional treadmill, as those recently developed by the gaming industry, which allows speed changes and locomotor movements in any direction. The extent to which these treadmills yield a walking pattern that is similar to overground walking, however, is yet to be determined. SN - 1743-0003 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-020-00787-y DO - 10.1186/s12984-020-00787-y ID - Soni2020 ER -