Gait analysis comparing Parkinson's disease with healthy elderly subjects

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Roberta De Melo Roiz²  Enio Walker Azevedo Cacho¹  Manoela Macedo Pazinatto¹  Julia Guimarães Reis¹  Alberto Cliquet Jr¹  Elizabeth M.a. Barasnevicius-quagliato¹ 

[1] ,University of Campinas Faculty of Medical Sciences University Hospital Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Outpatient UnitCampinas SP ,Brazil

关键词: Parkinson's disease;    gait assessment;    kinematics;    doença de Parkinson;    avaliação da marcha;    cinemática;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2010000100018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

There is a lack of studies comparing the kinematics data of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) patients with healthy elder (HE) subjects, and when there is such research, it is not correlated to clinical measures. OBJECTIVE: To compare the spatio-temporal and kinematic parameters of Parkinsonian gait with the HE subjects group and measure the relation between these parameters and clinical instruments. METHOD: Twelve patients with IPD and fifteen HE subjects were recruited and evaluated for clinical instruments and gait analysis. RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences between HE group and the IPD group, in stride velocity, in stride length (SL), and in the hip joint kinematic data: on initial contact, on maximum extension during terminal contact and on maximum flexion during mid-swing. Regarding the clinical instruments there were significant correlated with in stride velocity and SL. CONCLUSION: Clinical instruments used did not present proper psychometric parameters to measure the IPD patient's gait, while the 3D system characterized it better.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
 All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License