O 096 - How abnormal is normal? Stride-to-stride variability and effects of age on the gait of typically developing children

In the process of 3D gait analysis (3DGA) interpretation, gait deviations in children with cerebral palsy (CP) are identified through comparison with reference data of typically developing children (TD). Generally, TD-data are presented as group averages of numerous strides for different ages and walking velocities. It can be argued however, that comparing single strides of a patient to an averaged group is an unfair comparison, since averaging reduces natural inter-subject and stride-to-stride variation.

Source: Gait and Posture - July 26, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: L. Oudenhoven, A. Booth, A. Buizer, M. van der Krogt Tags: Short communication Source Type: research