Instrument-supported gait analysis characterizes gait domain changes in patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a potentially reversible cause of cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence, and gait disturbances, which typically present with a characteristic slow, shuffling, and wide-based gait. Gait velocity, which is reduced relative to healthy controls, improves in iNPH patients following a spinal tap test. This study aimed at evaluating the criterion of a 20% gait velocity improvement in the 10 m walk test to identify responders and non-responders in a cohort of patients with probable iNPH receiving a spinal tap test as well as the added value of instrument-supported gait analysis.

Methods

We assessed pace, rhythm, variability, postural control, and force in 59 patients with clinically suspected iNPH undergoing a spinal

SUBMITTER: Semmler C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12168308 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature