Tendon release reduced joint stiffness with unaltered leg stiffness during gait in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT: Biomechanical deviations at individual joints are often identified by gait analysis of patients with cerebral palsy (CP). Analysis of the control of joint and leg stiffness of the locomotor system during gait in children with spastic diplegic CP has been used to reveal their control strategy, but the differences between before and after surgery remain unknown. The current study aimed to bridge the gap by comparing the leg stiffness-both skeletal and muscular components-and associated joint stiffness during gait in 12 healthy controls and 12 children with spastic diplegic CP before and after tendon release surgery (TRS). Each subject walked at a self-selected pace on a 10-meter walkway while their kinematic and forceplate data were measured to calculate the stiffness-related variables durin

SUBMITTER: Kuo CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810324 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature