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Background: Aging is a gradual deterioration of physiological function.It is a multidimensional process involving various systems of the body.Out of the various problems faced by the geriatric age group "falls" are one of the major problems faced by the elderly.Fear of fall and associated avoidance of activity may lead to functional decline, restriction of social participation and hence affection of quality of life.This fear can also affect the gait pattern of an individual.Therefore the purpose of this study was to find out the influence of fear of fall on the spatial and temporal gait parameters in elderly.Materials and Methods: 100 community dwelling elderly were made to walk 10 meters and their gait parameters were noted.The participants were classified into fearful and fearless groups on the basis of the MFES, before the test. Result:The statistical analysis of the study was done using the mann-whitney test and a significant difference was found between the gait parameters of the fearless and fearful group. Conclusion:There is an influence of fear of fall on the gait parameters of elderly. Fearful participants were shown to have a significantly slower gait speed,shorter stride length and step length,lesser cadence and increased stride width when compared to fearless participants.

This case study describes a task-specific training program for working and functional recovery in a young man with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury. The subject was 20 year old male with traumatic spinal cord injury after a fall from height. Prior to intervention, he was quadriplegic with severe motor and sensory impairment. Our goal was to recover the function. The subject underwent disectomy for anterolisthesis of C6 over C7. Acute spinal cord management was started followed by locomotor training, electrical stimulation, orthoses, specialised assistive devices. Outcome measures used were ASIA scale, walking index for SCI, SCIM, Fatigue severity scale, Beck depression scale, SCI-FAI. It was found that specific interventions were intentionally selected in the development of treatment program which helped in the functional recovery of the patient. After 3 and half months treatment, the subject was able to walk with the assistance of AFOs and walker, and was able to perform ADLs independently. The magnitude of his functional improvements could be attributed to early intervention and neuroplasticity.