Falls in Post-Polio Patients: Prevalence and Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with post-polio syndrome (PPS) suffer from falls and secondary damage. To (i) analyze the correlation between spatio-temporal gait data and fall measures (fear and frequency of falls) and to (ii) test whether the gait parameters are predictors of fall measures in PPS patients. Spatio-temporal gait data of 50 individuals with PPS (25 males; age 65.9 ± 8.0) were acquired during gait and while performing the Timed Up-and-Go test. Subjects filled the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC Scale) and reported number of falls during the past year. ABC scores and number of falls correlated with the Timed Up-and-Go, and gait cadence and velocity. The number of falls also correlated with the swing duration symmetry index and the step length variability. Four gait variability

SUBMITTER: Ofran Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8614826 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature