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Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum
Physique changes during pregnancy lead to gait characteristic variations. This study aimed to analyse gait of pregnant individuals throughout pregnancy and post-partum. Sixteen healthy pregnant women volunteered as participants and had their lower limb kinematics analysed through a VICON three-dimen...
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2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29396468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20648-y |
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author | Mei, Qichang Gu, Yaodong Fernandez, Justin |
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description | Physique changes during pregnancy lead to gait characteristic variations. This study aimed to analyse gait of pregnant individuals throughout pregnancy and post-partum. Sixteen healthy pregnant women volunteered as participants and had their lower limb kinematics analysed through a VICON three-dimensional motion system and plantar pressure measured with a Novel EMED force plate. Significant changes were observed in pelvic anterior motion, hip and ankle joint kinematics. Mean pressure distribution and COP trajectory deviation altered accordingly with increased pregnancy time, compared with post-partum. This longitudinal study of pregnant gait biomechanics in T2, T3 and PP reveals lower extremity kinematic and foot pressure alterations to adapt to pregnancy related changes, and the COP trajectory highlights a falling risk during pregnancy, particularly in T3. |
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spelling | pubmed-57970722018-02-12 Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum Mei, Qichang Gu, Yaodong Fernandez, Justin Sci Rep Article Physique changes during pregnancy lead to gait characteristic variations. This study aimed to analyse gait of pregnant individuals throughout pregnancy and post-partum. Sixteen healthy pregnant women volunteered as participants and had their lower limb kinematics analysed through a VICON three-dimensional motion system and plantar pressure measured with a Novel EMED force plate. Significant changes were observed in pelvic anterior motion, hip and ankle joint kinematics. Mean pressure distribution and COP trajectory deviation altered accordingly with increased pregnancy time, compared with post-partum. This longitudinal study of pregnant gait biomechanics in T2, T3 and PP reveals lower extremity kinematic and foot pressure alterations to adapt to pregnancy related changes, and the COP trajectory highlights a falling risk during pregnancy, particularly in T3. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5797072/ /pubmed/29396468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20648-y Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Mei, Qichang Gu, Yaodong Fernandez, Justin Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum |
title | Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum |
title_full | Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum |
title_fullStr | Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum |
title_full_unstemmed | Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum |
title_short | Alterations of Pregnant Gait during Pregnancy and Post-Partum |
title_sort | alterations of pregnant gait during pregnancy and post-partum |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29396468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20648-y |
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