内底压力传感器用于评估中风后的步态
Hyung Seok Nam1,2,3, Caitlin Clancy4, Matthew Smuck3
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Annals of rehabilitation medicine
|January 10, 2024
概括
带有压力传感器的简化内可以在不改变速度的情况下准确地测量中风幸存者的步态. 非半腿的姿势时间与临床评估有很强的相关性,提供了潜在的家庭治疗工具.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 康复科学 康复科学 康复科学
- 临床生物力学 临床生物力学
背景情况:
- 步行障碍是中风幸存者面临的常见挑战,影响了他们的流动性和生活质量.
- 与传统的临床尺度相比,客观的,基于传感器的步态分析为更精确和更频繁的评估提供了潜力.
- 开发非侵入性的,用户友好的步态监测工具对于有效的康复至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 验证一个简化的内压力传感器系统用于半性中风患者的步态分析.
- 为了确认传感器内不会对步行速度产生负面影响.
- 识别基于传感器的特定步态参数,这些参数与已建立的临床步态功能测量有很强的相关性.
主要方法:
- 十名患有半性中风的参与者接受了10米步行测试,穿着配备内底压力传感器的鞋子.
- 收集和分析了传感器数据,包括立场时间和跟到脚的峰值时间.
- 传感器衍生的参数与步行速度和下肢Fugl-Meyer (F-M) 评分相关.
主要成果:
- 步行速度不受内传感器的影响,显示高相关性 (ρ=0.988) 和一致性 (ICC=0.924).
- 非半腿的姿势时间和脚跟到脚的峰值时间与F-M分数和步行速度 (β系数从-0.86到-0.95) 都显示出强烈的负相关性.
- 这些传感器参数显示了临床步态评估结果的显著预测能力.
结论:
- 非侵入性的内压力传感器可以可靠地评估中风幸存者的步态,而不会改变他们的步态.
- 非半腿的姿势时间是一个关键参数,与临床步态评估有很强的相关性.
- 这项技术作为一项实用,家庭使用的临床终点,有望成为中风后步行治疗试验的临床终点.
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