Movement Amplification Gait Training to Enhance Walking Balance Post-Stroke

Participants will engage in two 45-minutes treadmill-based gait training sessions. These training sessions will occur on separate days. One session will be performed in a natural unmodified environment. One session will be performed in a movement amplification environment. The goal of each session will be to achieve 40-minutes of walking within a target heart rate range of 70-85% of estimated heart rate max. Each session will begin and end with a 2.5 minute warm-up and cool down respectively. Participants will be given rest breaks as needed.

Participants will perform a series of treadmill walking trials. Each trial will consist of 400 total steps. The first 100 steps will be performed in a natural unmodified environment. The next 200 steps will be performed in 1 of 3 external environments (natural unmodified, movement amplification, or unpredictable lateral perturbations). The final 100 steps will be performed in a natural unmodified environment. Participants will be given rest breaks between trials.