Proposition of a Classification of Adult Patients with Hemiparesis in Chronic Phase.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who have developed hemiparesis as a result of a central nervous system lesion, often experience reduced walking capacity and worse gait quality. Although clinically, similar gait patterns have been observed, presently, no clinically driven classification has been validated to group these patients' gait abnormalities at the level of the hip, knee and ankle joints. This study has thus intended to put forward a new gait classification for adult patients with hemiparesis in chronic phase, and to validate its discriminatory capacity.

Methods and findings

Twenty-six patients with hemiparesis were included in this observational study. Following a clinical examination, a clinical gait analysis, complemented by a video analysis, was performed whereby participants

SUBMITTER: Chantraine F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4896619 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature