Gait Training

Gait training is therapeutic practice aimed at improving walking function - velocity, stride length, symmetry, stability, and cadence - in people with neurological or musculoskeletal impairments. It is central to rehabilitation after stroke, spinal cord injury, and lower-limb injury, and to long-term management of progressive conditions such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Traditional gait training is clinician-supervised and clinic-based; emerging home-based approaches combine wearable inertial sensors, augmented- or virtual-reality feedback, and multimodal cueing to extend training into daily life and reduce dependence on specialists.