Dual-Task Walking Performance a Brain Aging Indicator

Dual-Task Walking Performance a Brain Aging Indicator

A new study reports the ability to dual task when walking starts to decline much earlier than the traditional beginning of “old age.” Walking is a complex task that is most commonly performed while completing other tasks like talking, reading signs, or making...
Arkansas PT Students Offering Free “Walk With Ease” Classes

Arkansas PT Students Offering Free “Walk With Ease” Classes

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences physical therapy students seek to help patients manage arthritis pain through guided “Walk With Ease” online classes. Physical Therapy students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest...
5-Minute Walks Combat Effects of Sitting

5-Minute Walks Combat Effects of Sitting

Mounting evidence suggests that prolonged sitting—a staple of modern-day life—is hazardous to your health, even if you exercise regularly. Based on these findings, doctors advise all adults to sit less and move more. But can 5-minute walks do the trick? How often do...
Evolution Devices Pilots EvoWalk Digital Therapy Platform

Evolution Devices Pilots EvoWalk Digital Therapy Platform

Evolution Devices has launched its EvoWalk Platform pilot program to rehabilitate walking for people living with neurologically based partial walking paralysis. Evolution Devices’ novel approach combines remote neurologic physical therapy (PT) with the EvoWalk smart...