Associations Between Maximal Passive Knee Extension and Sagittal Plane Kinematic Patterns in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: There is limited information on the interplay between passive joint motion and joint kinematics from three-dimensional gait analysis (3DGA) and its longitudinal evolution in cerebral palsy (CP). We aimed to associate clinical measurements and gait kinematics over time using a longitudinal study design. Methods: Ambulatory individuals with spastic CP, aged 4-18, who performed a minimum of two 3DGA at the Karolinska University Hospital between 2008 and 2025 were recruited. Primary outcomes were sagittal plane kinematics and maximum passive knee extension (pKE). Canonical correlation (R) with statistical parametric mapping was used to associate passive maximum knee extension with sagittal hip, knee, and ankle angles at two timepoints. Results: the 3

SUBMITTER: Vanmechelen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12693222 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature