Open AccessSteps Forward in Understanding Backward Gait
Author(s) -
Wouter Hoogkamer,
Pieter Meyns,
Jacques Duysens
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
exercise and sport sciences reviews
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1538-3008
pISSN - 0091-6331
DOI - 10.1249/jes.0000000000000000
Subject(s) - physical medicine and rehabilitation , gait , rhythm , neural substrate , computer science , psychology , neuroscience , medicine , cognition
Backward locomotion is used increasingly in sports and rehabilitation. However, it is unclear whether training effects of backward walking (BW)/backward running (BR) can be transferred simply to forward walking (FW)/forward running (FR). This touches on the question whether the same neural substrate can generate FW and BW. The available evidence suggests that BW uses the same rhythm circuitry but additionally requires specialized control circuits.