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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Identification of gait events in children with spastic cerebral palsy: comparison between the force plate and algorithms
Authors: Rejane Vale Gonçalves
Sergio Teixeira da Fonseca
Priscila Albuquerque de Araújo
Vanessa Lara de Araújo
Tais Martins Barboza
Gabriela Andrade Martins
Marisa Cotta Mancini
Abstract: Objective: To compare the gait event identification of five algorithms recommended in the literature with those provided by force plate (gold standard) in children with unilateral or bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (SCP). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of the gait of three girls and four boys with a mean age of 8.6±4.7 years. Four children had unilateral SCP with an equinus gait pattern, and the remaining three children exhibited bilateral SCP with a slide/drag gait pattern. Kinematic and kinetic gait data were collected during barefoot walking at a comfortable speed. From a total of 202 steps, the detection of 202 foot-strike (FS) and 194 toe-off (TO) events by each algorithm was compared with the detection of these same events by the force plate. The error between the events detected by the algorithms and those detected by the force plate was determined in milliseconds. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to compare the errors among the algorithms. Results: The algorithm reported by Ghoussayni et al. showed the best performance in all situations, except for the identification of FS events on the unaffected side in children with unilateral SCP. For these events, the algorithms reported by Desailly et al. and Zeni et al. showed the best performance. Conclusion: Ghoussayni et al.’s algorithm can be used to detect gait events in children with SCP when a force plate is not available.
Subject: Reabilitação neurológica
Paralisia cerebral nas crianças
Locomoção
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: EEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE FISIOTERAPIA
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2019.05.007
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/40051
Issue Date: 2019
metadata.dc.url.externa: http://www.rbf-bjpt.org.br/en-pdf-S1413355519300760
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
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