Control of center of mass motion during walking correlates with gait and balance in people with incomplete spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is evidence that ambulatory people with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) have an impaired ability to control lateral motion of their whole-body center of mass (COM) during walking. This impairment is believed to contribute to functional deficits in gait and balance, however that relationship is unclear. Thus, this cross-sectional study examines the relationship between the ability to control lateral COM motion during walking and functional measures of gait and balance in people with iSCI.

Methods

We assessed the ability to control lateral COM motion during walking and conducted clinical gait and balance outcome measures on 20 ambulatory adults with chronic iSCI (C1-T10 injury, American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale C or D). To assess their a

SUBMITTER: Dusane S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10262050 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature