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How closely do surgeons follow gait analysis recommendations and why?

Tishya A L Wren1, Kevin Woolf, Robert M Kay

  • 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. TWren@chla.usc.edu

Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. Part B
|April 7, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Gait laboratory recommendations closely align with surgeries performed, showing high agreement. However, some discrepancies occur due to clinical factors and patient requests.

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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedics
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Physical Therapy

Background:

  • Gait analysis provides valuable biomechanical data for surgical planning in orthopedic and neurological conditions.
  • Accurate surgical recommendations based on gait analysis are crucial for optimizing patient outcomes.
  • Understanding the concordance between gait lab recommendations and actual surgical procedures is essential for quality improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare surgical procedures recommended by a gait laboratory with those actually performed in a cohort of patients.
  • To quantify the agreement and identify discrepancies between recommended and executed surgical interventions.
  • To explore the reasons behind any identified differences between gait laboratory recommendations and surgical practice.

Main Methods:

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  • Retrospective review of 30 consecutive patients undergoing surgery following gait analysis.
  • Comparison of detailed gait laboratory surgical recommendations against operative reports.
  • Calculation of overall agreement percentage and analysis of specific discrepancies.

Main Results:

  • High overall agreement (93.2%) between gait laboratory recommendations and performed surgeries.
  • Significant agreement (86.0%) even when excluding patients referred by the gait lab physician.
  • In 77% of patients, recommended and performed surgeries were identical; discrepancies involved unrecommended procedures performed or recommended procedures omitted.

Conclusions:

  • Gait laboratory recommendations demonstrate a high degree of concordance with surgical practice.
  • Discrepancies in surgical procedures are attributable to evolving clinical information, intraoperative findings, functional changes, and patient/family preferences.
  • The findings support the utility of gait analysis in surgical decision-making while acknowledging the need for clinical flexibility.