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Motor Dual-Tasks for Gait Analysis and Evaluation in Post-Stroke Patients
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[Instrumental gait analysis in stroke patients]
P Fernandez-Gonzalez1, F Molina-Rueda1, A Cuesta-Gomez1
1Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Alcorcon, Espana.
Revista De Neurologia
|November 8, 2016
Summary
Stroke survivors exhibit consistent gait pattern alterations, including changes in pelvic motion, hip extension, knee flexion, and ankle plantar flexion. These findings offer key insights for clinical observation during gait analysis.
Area of Science:
- Biomechanics
- Neurorehabilitation
- Gait Analysis
Background:
- Stroke frequently causes motor control deficits impacting gait patterns.
- Significant inter-subject variability exists in post-stroke gait.
- Understanding common gait alterations is crucial for effective rehabilitation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze gait patterns in stroke patients with varying motor function using motion capture.
- To identify consistent gait alterations across heterogeneous stroke participants.
- To provide clinicians with observational landmarks for stroke gait.
Main Methods:
- Employed a VICON Motion System for motion capture in nine stroke and ten control subjects.
- Analyzed sagittal plane motion of the pelvis, hip, knee, and ankle.
- Observed spatio-temporal gait parameters.
Main Results:
- Stroke patients displayed increased pelvic range of motion.
- Hip joint analysis revealed decreased extension on the affected side and increased flexion on the non-affected side.
- Key findings include increased knee flexion at initial contact and slight ankle plantar flexion on the affected side.
Conclusions:
- Identified specific kinematic landmarks in stroke gait.
- These landmarks are valuable for clinicians observing post-stroke walking.
- Highlights common gait deviations despite individual variability.
