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SPINAL CORD
Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages 331-334Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102132
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spinal cord injury; gait performance; community walking; gait training; gait assessment; environmental effect on gait
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Study design: Observational cross-section study. Objectives: The objective of our study was to determine if the influence of a community environment would impact on ASIA D spinal cord injured (SCI) gait performance patients. Our main hypothesis is that an outdoor community environment may influence gait speed and endurance on community ambulating patients. Methods: Ten-Meter Walking (10MWT) and Six-Minute Walking (6MWT) tests were performed on community ambulating SCI research participants (n=18) in two different environmental conditions: (1) Experimental (indoors Gymnasium) and (2) Natural (community setting). Average gait speed and endurance values were obtained for the two different conditions and analyzed for statistical significance on the nonparametric two-tailed Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: While no difference was observed on the 10MWT we found an improvement on gait performance on the 6 MWT on a community setting. Conclusions: Our study showed mixed results on environmental influence on gait speed and endurance on ASIA D patient population. While there is no difference on the 10 MWT, there is an improvement on gait performance on the communitary 6MWT.
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