People post-stroke retain the capacity to modify walking patterns explicitly using biofeedback and implicitly when encountering changes in the walking environment. This proposal will assess changes in muscle activation patterns associated with walking modifications driven explicitly vs. implicitly, to determine whether individuals generate different amounts of co-contraction during explicit vs. implicit walking modifications. Understanding how walking modifications driven explicitly vs. implicitly influence co-contraction will allow the investigators to identify approaches that can more effectively restore muscle activation toward pre-stroke patterns, promoting mechanism-based recovery of walking function.
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VAF1 - variance accounted for in a single muscle activation module
Timeframe: Measured day 1 and day 2 of the study while individuals are walking on the treadmill. first and last 10 strides on Day 1 and Day 2 of testing
walkDMC - walking Dynamic Motor Control Index
Timeframe: Measured day 1 and day 2 of the study while individuals are walking on the treadmill. first and last 10 strides on Day 1 and Day 2 of testing