Kinematic adaptation and changes in gait classification in running compared to walking in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy

In patients with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP), four typical walking abnormalities have been classified [1,2,3]. This classification was shown to be relevant for the non-surgical and surgical treatment of the patients [1,2,4,5]. The classification is based on the ankle, the knee and the hip joint of the patient ’s affected limb. Abnormal motion and the resulting abnormal kinematic parameters in three-dimensional motion analysis characterize those pathologies. Winters et al. [1] visually classified the hemiplegic patients into these four groups with an increasing degree of involvement from group I to IV a ccording to the following abnormalities.
Source: Gait and Posture - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Full length article Source Type: research