Gait Patterns in Patients with Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spastic gait is a key feature in patients with hereditary spastic paraparesis, but the gait characterization and the relationship between the gait impairment and clinical characteristics have not been investigated.

Objectives

To describe the gait patterns in hereditary spastic paraparesis and to identify subgroups of patients according to specific kinematic features of walking.

Methods

We evaluated fifty patients by computerized gait analysis and compared them to healthy participants. We computed time-distance parameters of walking and the range of angular motion at hip, knee, and ankle joints, and at the trunk and pelvis. Lower limb joint moments and muscle co-activation values were also evaluated.

Results

We identified three distinct subgroups of p

SUBMITTER: Serrao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5061421 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature