Effects of water immersion on gait initiation: part II of a case series after incomplete spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT: Study design: Case series.

Objectives: This case series describes how the aquatic environment influences gait initiation in terms of the center of pressure (COP) excursion, impulses, trunk acceleration, and perceptions of participants with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI).

Setting: Tertiary Rehabilitation Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

Methods: Five individuals with iSCI (four cervical injuries/one thoracic injury, AIS D) participated in the study. Baseline clinical balance was evaluated by Berg Balance Scale and Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test. Participants initiated gait on a waterproof force plate and walked ~4 steps, in water and on land. COP trajectories during anticipatory and execution phases, impulses, and trunk acceleration para

SUBMITTER: Marinho-Buzelli AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821750 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature