Journal
GAIT & POSTURE
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 196-203Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2003.09.011
Keywords
quantitative gait data; movement disorders; clinical gait analysis
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Gait analysis is a valuable tool in the evaluation of children and adults with movement disorders. The data produced from gait analysis, however, is not necessarily free of errors. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (i) to estimate the errors associated with quantitative gait data; and (ii) to propose a method for incorporating the knowledge of these errors into the clinical interpretation process. An experimental protocol was designed that allowed within-subject, within-observer and between-observer errors to be computed at each point in the gait cycle. The estimates were then used in a practical scheme for detecting significant deviations in joint angles. The results of this study provide a means for managing error, while simultaneously improving the rigor and objectivity of clinical interpretations. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available