Multilevel Upper Body Movement Control during Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

ABSTRACT: Upper body movements during walking provide information about balance control and gait stability. Typically developing (TD) children normally present a progressive decrease of accelerations from the pelvis to the head, whereas children with cerebral palsy (CP) exhibit a general increase of upper body accelerations. However, the literature describing how they are transmitted from the pelvis to the head is lacking. This study proposes a multilevel motion sensor approach to characterize upper body accelerations and how they propagate from pelvis to head in children with CP, comparing with their TD peers. Two age- and gender-matched groups of 20 children performed a 10m walking test at self-selected speed while wearing three magneto-inertial sensors located at pelvis, sternum, and head levels.

SUBMITTER: Summa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4801392 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature