A walking assistance apparatus comprising:a sensor configured to measure a movement of a hip joint of a user associated with the walking assistance apparatus and a movement of another portion of a body of the usera driver configured to assist the user in walking anda processor configured to,correct movement information of the hip joint based on movement information of the other portion of the body to generate corrected movement information, andcontrol a torque to apply to the driver based on the corrected movement information of the hip joint.