Backward Walking and Dual-Task Assessment Improve Identification of Gait Impairments and Fall Risk in Individuals with MS

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Subanalysis to examine differences in walking performance among individuals with and those with . MS is marked by the grey bar and HC by the black bar, with individuals with low disability () marked with diagonal lines and individuals with high disability () marked with checkered blocks. Individuals with lower disability () performed similarly to healthy controls under single-task forward walking conditions but had worse performance than healthy controls in backward and dual-task conditions, particularly in backward dual-task walking.

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