Determinants of gait dystonia severity in cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine the movement features governing expert assessment of gait dystonia severity in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP).

Method

In this prospective cohort study, three movement disorder neurologists graded lower extremity dystonia severity in gait videos of individuals with CP using a 10-point Likert-like scale. Using conventional content analysis, we determined the features experts cited when grading dystonia severity. Then, using open-source pose estimation techniques, we determined gait variable analogs of these expert-cited features correlating with their assessments of dystonia severity.

Results

Experts assessed videos from 116 participants (46 with dystonia aged 15 years [SD 3] and 70 without dystonia aged 15 years [SD 2], both groups ranging 10-20 

SUBMITTER: Aravamuthan BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10392706 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature