The Relationship between Weight-Bearing and Stiff-Knee Gait in Hemiplegic Patients
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 20-25, 2004.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-723594
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether insufficient weight-bearing on the hemiparetic side has a correlation with the degree of stiff-knee gait in hemiplegic patients.METHOD:
Fifty hemiplegic patients were included. In all patients, 3-dimensonal gait analysis and static and dynamic foot pressure measurements were taken. The degree of stiff-knee gait was evaluated using the peak knee flexion angle and the knee flexion slope at toe-off in hemiplegic limb. The degree of weight-bearing was evaluated using the percentage of hemiplegic foot pressure and pressure-time integration on the non-hemiplegic side.RESULTS:
The static and dynamic mean pressure ratios and pressure-time integration ratio were statistically correlated with peak knee flexion angle and knee flexion slope (p<0.01).CONCLUSION:
As a result, insufficient weight-bearing had a correlation with the degree of stiff-knee gait in hemiplegic patients. Insufficient weight-bearing should be further investigated to determine whether it is one of the characteristic findings of stiff-knee gait, or another cause of stiff-knee gait.
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Main subject:
Weight-Bearing
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Extremities
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Foot
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Gait
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Hemiplegia
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Knee
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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