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The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study

BACKGROUND: Ambulatory and balance functions are important for maintaining general health in humans. Gait analysis allows clinicians and researchers to identify the parameters to be focused on when assessing balance and ambulatory functions. In this study, we performed gait analysis with pressure se...

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Autores principales: Chang, Min Cheol, Lee, Byung Joo, Joo, Na-Young, Park, Donghwi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33504334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02072-4
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author Chang, Min Cheol
Lee, Byung Joo
Joo, Na-Young
Park, Donghwi
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Joo, Na-Young
Park, Donghwi
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description BACKGROUND: Ambulatory and balance functions are important for maintaining general health in humans. Gait analysis allows clinicians and researchers to identify the parameters to be focused on when assessing balance and ambulatory functions. In this study, we performed gait analysis with pressure sensors to identify the gait-analysis parameters related to balance and ambulatory functions in hemiplegic stroke patients. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 102 patients with hemiplegic stroke who underwent gait analysis. Correlations between various temporospatial parameters in the gait analysis and the motor and balance functions assessed using functional ambulation category, modified Barthel index, and Berg balance scale were analyzed. RESULTS: Gait speed/height and the lower-limb stance-phase time/height were the only temporal and spatial parameters, respectively, that showed a statistical correlation with motor and balance functions. CONCLUSIONS: Measurements of walking speed and stance-phase time of the unaffected lower limb can allow clinicians to easily assess the ambulatory and balance functions of hemiplegic stroke patients. Rehabilitative treatment focusing on increasing gait speed and shortening the stance-phase time of the unaffected side may improve the ambulatory and balance functions in these patients.
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spelling pubmed-78391782021-01-27 The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study Chang, Min Cheol Lee, Byung Joo Joo, Na-Young Park, Donghwi BMC Neurol Research Article BACKGROUND: Ambulatory and balance functions are important for maintaining general health in humans. Gait analysis allows clinicians and researchers to identify the parameters to be focused on when assessing balance and ambulatory functions. In this study, we performed gait analysis with pressure sensors to identify the gait-analysis parameters related to balance and ambulatory functions in hemiplegic stroke patients. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 102 patients with hemiplegic stroke who underwent gait analysis. Correlations between various temporospatial parameters in the gait analysis and the motor and balance functions assessed using functional ambulation category, modified Barthel index, and Berg balance scale were analyzed. RESULTS: Gait speed/height and the lower-limb stance-phase time/height were the only temporal and spatial parameters, respectively, that showed a statistical correlation with motor and balance functions. CONCLUSIONS: Measurements of walking speed and stance-phase time of the unaffected lower limb can allow clinicians to easily assess the ambulatory and balance functions of hemiplegic stroke patients. Rehabilitative treatment focusing on increasing gait speed and shortening the stance-phase time of the unaffected side may improve the ambulatory and balance functions in these patients. BioMed Central 2021-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7839178/ /pubmed/33504334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02072-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis 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 licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence 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 licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Chang, Min Cheol
Lee, Byung Joo
Joo, Na-Young
Park, Donghwi
The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study
title The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study
title_full The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study
title_fullStr The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study
title_full_unstemmed The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study
title_short The parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study
title_sort parameters of gait analysis related to ambulatory and balance functions in hemiplegic stroke patients: a gait analysis study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33504334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02072-4
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