Identification of gait events in children with spastic cerebral palsy: comparison between the force plate and algorithms.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the gait event identification of five algorithms recommended in the literature with those provided by force plate (gold standard) in children with unilateral or bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (SCP).

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of the gait of three girls and four boys with a mean age of 8.6±4.7 years. Four children had unilateral SCP with an equinus gait pattern, and the remaining three children exhibited bilateral SCP with a slide/drag gait pattern. Kinematic and kinetic gait data were collected during barefoot walking at a comfortable speed. From a total of 202 steps, the detection of 202 foot-strike (FS) and 194 toe-off (TO) events by each algorithm was compared with the detection of these same events by the force plate. The error betwee

SUBMITTER: Goncalves RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7564018 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature