Efficacy of Split Gait in the Treatment of Dynamic Asymmetries in Subjects With Pathologic Claudication

"The intervention will consist of split-belt treadmill walking. During the test session, participants will walk on a split-belt treadmill mounted on force sensors with the belts running at the same or at different velocities. They will walk freely without any support. The test sequence will be the following:~1. Baseline phase. 3 minutes walking at increasing speed, speed will be increased of 0.1 m s-1 every 30 s. A brief pause of around 1 minute will follow.~2. Habituation phase. 30 seconds walking at 0.2 m s-1.~3. Adaptation phase. The velocity of the belt under the non-affected lower limb will be increased to 0.6 m s-1, while the other belt will maintain its velocity of 0.2 m s-1 for 6 minutes.~4. Post-adaptation phase. Belts' velocities will be restored at 0.2 m s-1 for 6 minutes.~Participants will be informed before the changes in belts' velocities with a verbal warning.~Participants will repeat the same protocol with the affected lower limb on the fast belt after one week."