Gait & posturePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.055
A.C. Panara , M. Mirando , L. Pedrotti , G. Rossi , C. Pezzi , M. Paramento , M. Rubega , E. Formaggio , E. Passarotto , P. Contessa , M.C. Maccarone , S. Masiero , A. Nardone
{"title":"Postural control during quiet stance with different sensory conditions among female adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: preliminary results","authors":"A.C. Panara , M. Mirando , L. Pedrotti , G. Rossi , C. Pezzi , M. Paramento , M. Rubega , E. Formaggio , E. Passarotto , P. Contessa , M.C. Maccarone , S. Masiero , A. Nardone","doi":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.055","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12496,"journal":{"name":"Gait & posture","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages S31-S32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gait & posturePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.032
L. Cavazzuti , A. Merlo , B. Damiano , S. Scaltriti , M. Zedde , F. Valzania , M. Lusuardi , I. Campanini
{"title":"Monitoring the insurgence of involuntary muscle activity and the development of spasticity after an ischemic stroke over a six-month period: a case study","authors":"L. Cavazzuti , A. Merlo , B. Damiano , S. Scaltriti , M. Zedde , F. Valzania , M. Lusuardi , I. Campanini","doi":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12496,"journal":{"name":"Gait & posture","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages S14-S15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142551856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gait & posturePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.10.017
Lotte van de Venis , Jean Ormiston , Sjoerd Bruijn , Alexander C.H. Geurts , Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg , Vivian Weerdesteyn , Noël Keijsers , Jorik Nonnekes
{"title":"Are clinical tests and biomechanical measures of gait stability able to differentiate fallers from non-fallers in hereditary spastic paraplegia?","authors":"Lotte van de Venis , Jean Ormiston , Sjoerd Bruijn , Alexander C.H. Geurts , Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg , Vivian Weerdesteyn , Noël Keijsers , Jorik Nonnekes","doi":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.10.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.10.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Balance and gait impairments are common in people with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) and often result in falls. Measures that identify patients at risk of falling are clinically relevant, but relatively unexplored in HSP. Here, we evaluated the potential of different balance and gait constructs to (1) identify differences between healthy controls and people with HSP and (2) discriminate between fallers and non-fallers with HSP.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We included 33 people with pure-HSP and 15 healthy controls. We assessed balance confidence (six-item Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale), clinical balance capacity (Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test) and gait capacity (ten-meter Walk Test). Biomechanical measures included spatiotemporal gait variability, mediolateral Margin of Stability (MoS), Foot Placement Deviation (FPD), and Local Divergence Exponents (LDEs) of trunk and pelvis, derived from treadmill-walking at comfortable and fixed gait speeds. People with HSP logged their falls during a fifteen-week period and were categorized as ‘faller’ (≥1 fall) or ‘non-faller’.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>People with HSP had significantly lower balance confidence, balance capacity, and gait capacity compared to age-matched controls. People with HSP also showed reduced gait stability, reflected by increased spatiotemporal gait variability, FPD, and LDEs of trunk and pelvis. Overall, 44 % of people with HSP were categorized as ‘faller’. Balance confidence (AUC:0.84) and balance capacity (AUC:0.75) discriminated fallers from non-fallers, whereas none of the biomechanical measures significantly differed.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Balance confidence, clinical balance and gait capacity, and biomechanical measures are affected in HSP, but clinical measures showed potential to differentiate fallers from non-fallers in people with HSP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12496,"journal":{"name":"Gait & posture","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 270-276"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gait & posturePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.10.007
David M. Selkowitz , Richard B. Souza , Christopher M. Powers
{"title":"The effect of femoral strapping on hip internal rotation and pain response in females with patellofemoral pain","authors":"David M. Selkowitz , Richard B. Souza , Christopher M. Powers","doi":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.10.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.10.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Hip internal rotation has been reported to affect patellofemoral joint mechanics and contribute to patellofemoral pain (PFP). The SERF (<u>S</u>tability through <u>E</u>xternal <u>R</u>otation of the <u>F</u>emur) strap was designed to provide hip stability by pulling the thigh into external rotation during weight-bearing activities.</div></div><div><h3>Research question</h3><div>What are the effects of the SERF strap on hip internal rotation and pain response in females with PFP who present with hip internal rotation during weight-bearing activities?</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Nineteen females between the ages of 18 and 45 with a diagnosis of PFP participated. Lower extremity kinematics were obtained during three tasks (drop-jump, unilateral step-down, over-ground running) under strap and no-strap conditions. A 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) was used to assess pain response during each task and strap condition. Participants who exhibited at least 5 degrees of hip internal rotation during at least one of the 3 tasks were included in the final analysis. Peak hip internal rotation and mean VAS score were compared separately between strap conditions across tasks using 2 ×3 (strap condition x task) repeated-measures ANOVAs.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Eighteen of the 19 females with PFP met the criteria for the presence of hip internal rotation. There was a significant reduction in peak hip internal rotation across tasks when wearing the SERF strap (mean ± sd = 7.4 ± 2.3, p<0.001). Additionally, the change in mean VAS pain score was significantly lower across tasks when wearing the SERF strap (1.0 ± 1.0, p=0.03).</div></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><div>The SERF strap was effective in reducing hip internal rotation and PFP during dynamic weight-bearing activities in symptomatic females. The SERF strap may be a useful treatment adjunct for persons with PFP who present with poor transverse plane control of the hip.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12496,"journal":{"name":"Gait & posture","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 222-226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142433427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gait & posturePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.025
C. Borghi , J. Verzelloni , D. Pandarese , S. Faccioli , S. Sassi
{"title":"Protocol for upper limb motion analysis in children with cerebral palsy: a proposal for clinical practice","authors":"C. Borghi , J. Verzelloni , D. Pandarese , S. Faccioli , S. Sassi","doi":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12496,"journal":{"name":"Gait & posture","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages S9-S10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gait & posturePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.026
L. Bragonzoni , S. Pinelli , S. Di Paolo , A. Jodar-Portas , F. Vasileva , Raquel Font-Lladó , A. Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe , R. Zinno
{"title":"Gender differences in ankle kinematic during a change of direction in U18 basketball players","authors":"L. Bragonzoni , S. Pinelli , S. Di Paolo , A. Jodar-Portas , F. Vasileva , Raquel Font-Lladó , A. Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe , R. Zinno","doi":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12496,"journal":{"name":"Gait & posture","volume":"114 ","pages":"Page S10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gait & posturePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.043
G. Dotti , M. Ghislieri , M. Knaflitz
{"title":"A novel statistical approach for upper-limb movement segmentation using a single wrist-worn magneto-inertial measurement unit","authors":"G. Dotti , M. Ghislieri , M. Knaflitz","doi":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.08.043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12496,"journal":{"name":"Gait & posture","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages S22-S23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142550556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}