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J Phys Ther Sci. 2014 Aug;26(8):1307-11. doi: 10.1589/jpts.26.1307. Epub 2014 Aug 30.

Kinematic gait analysis using inertial sensors with subjects after stroke in two different arteries.

Journal of physical therapy science

Bruno Fles Mazuquin, João Pedro Batista, Ligia Maxwell Pereira, Josilainne Marcelino Dias, Mariana Felipe Silva, Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro, Paulo Roberto Garcia Lucareli, Felipe Arruda Moura, Jefferson Rosa Cardoso

Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Biomechanics and Clinical Epidemiology, PAIFIT Research Group, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil.
  2. Laboratory of Biomechanics and Clinical Epidemiology, PAIFIT Research Group, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil ; Instituto Federal do Paraná, Campus Londrina, Brazil.
  3. Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil.
  4. Department of Rehabilitation Science, Human Motion Analysis Laboratory, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil.
  5. Sports Science Department, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.

PMID: 25202203 PMCID: PMC4155242 DOI: 10.1589/jpts.26.1307

Abstract

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was described the kinematic characteristics of gait in stroke patients with two different arteries involved. [Subjects and Methods] Two patients who had suffered a basilar (A) or middle (B) cerebral artery ischemic stroke were compared with a control (C). Seventeen inertial sensors were used with acquisition rate of 120 Hz. The participants walked 3 times on a 10 meter walkway. From the raw data, the three gait cycles from the middle of each trial were chosen and analyzed. [Results] During the stance phase, patients A and B had a lower hip angle at initial contact and maximum flexion angle during load response than the control. Patient A and the control subject had similar knee angle values at initial contact, and patient B presented a flexed position in the initial phase of the gait cycle. The maximum flexion angles during loading response were also higher for patient B. The sagittal plane excursion for the ankle joint was lower for patient B in comparison with the other subjects. [Conclusion] Differences during walking between patients who had stroke in different arteries may be related to an alternative compensatory strategy. Patient A and the control subject had similar gait cycle curves at all joints, while patient B showed a rigid synergic pattern.

Keywords: Gait; Kinematic; Stroke

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