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10.1515/prolas-2015-0002
Title: | Gait disorders in patients after polytrauma |
Authors: | Jakušonoka, Ruta Pavare, Zane Jumtiņš, Andris Smolovs, Aleksejs Anaņjeva, Tatjana Department of Orthopaedics Rehabilitation Research Laboratory Rīga Stradiņš University |
Keywords: | Gait analysis;Gait cycle;Injuries;3.2 Clinical medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;General |
Issue Date: | 1-Apr-2015 |
Citation: | Jakušonoka , R , Pavare , Z , Jumtiņš , A , Smolovs , A & Anaņjeva , T 2015 , ' Gait disorders in patients after polytrauma ' , Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences , vol. 69 , no. 1-2 , pp. 27-32 . https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2015-0002 |
Abstract: | Evaluation of the gait of patients after polytrauma is important, as it indicates the ability of patients to the previous activities and work. The aim of our study was to evaluate the gait of patients with lower limb injuries in the medium-term after polytrauma. Three-dimensional instrumental gait analysis was performed in 26 polytrauma patients (16 women and 10 men; mean age 38.6 years), 14 to 41 months after the trauma. Spatio-temporal parameters, motions in pelvis and lower extremities joints in sagittal plane and vertical load ground reaction force were analysed. Gait parameters in polytrauma patients were compared with a healthy control group. Polytrauma patients in the injured side had decreased step length, cadence, hip extension, maximum knee flexion, vertical load ground reaction force, and increased stance time and pelvic anterior tilt; in the uninjured side they had decreased step length, cadence, maximum knee flexion, vertical load ground reaction force and increased stance time (p < 0.05). The use of the three-dimensional instrumental gait analysis in the evaluation of polytrauma patients with lower limb injuries consequences makes it possible to identify the gait disorders not only in the injured, but also in the uninjured side. |
DOI: | 10.1515/prolas-2015-0002 |
ISSN: | 1407-009X |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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