Title :
A gait laboratory aid for management of equinus deformity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Author :
Khodadadeh, Soussan ; Patrick, John H.
Author_Institution :
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK
Abstract :
The gait of nine Duchenne muscular dystrophy boys who walked unaided, and 21 normal boys were analyzed in a gait laboratory. Movement over a Kistler force plate was monitored using a video recorder and a visualized ground reaction force (GRF) device in order to superimpose the patient´s GRF vector on the video recording of his walk. Analysis of the results indicates that the boys with muscular dystrophy have normal neuromuscular control mechanisms, and that this is why they adopt compensatory changes in order to stand and to walk
Keywords :
biomechanics; handicapped aids; laboratory apparatus and techniques; muscle; Kistler force plate; compensatory changes; equinus deformity management; gait laboratory aid; neuromuscular control mechanisms; stand; video recorder; visualised ground reaction force device; walk; Forward contracts; Hospitals; Knee; Laboratories; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Orthotics; Surgery; Tendons; Video recording;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96297
