Title :
Gait analysis in anterior cruciate ligament injuries
Author :
Galli, M. ; Sibella, F. ; Bulgheroni, P. ; Crivellini, M.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Injuries of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) cause long term changes in the knee joint and they affect the performance of daily living activities. This study examines the gait pattern of ACL injured subjects in order to obtain a quantitative analysis of the strategy related to this injury. 15 subjects with symptomatic ACL deficiency and a control group of 11 normal subjects were analysed. Many differences were found between the control group and the injured subjects, but also between the injured leg and the healthy one. These changes could affect the loading features of knee structures and thus contribute to joint degenerative changes
Keywords :
gait analysis; orthopaedics; anterior cruciate ligament injuries; gait analysis; gait pattern; injured subjects; joint degenerative changes; knee joint; loading features; long term changes; rotation angle; temporal parameters; Acceleration; Force control; Hip; Injuries; Knee; Leg; Lesions; Ligaments; Morphology; Pattern analysis;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802597
