Perceiving amputee gait from biological motion: kinematics cues and effect of experience level.

ABSTRACT: Physical therapists (PT) and clinicians must be skilled in identifying gait features through observation to assess motor deficits in patients and intervene appropriately. Inconsistent results in the literature have led researchers to question how clinical experience influences PT's gait perception and to seek the key kinematic features that should be trained to enhance PT's skill. Thus, this study investigated (1) what are the informative kinematic features that allow gait-deviation perception in amputee gait and (2) whether there are differences in observational gait skills between PT and individuals with less clinical experience (PT students [PTS] and Novices). We introduced a new method that combines biological motion and principal component analysis to gradually mesh amputee and typica

SUBMITTER: Lee IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7553956 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature