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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION MEDICINE
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 227-235出版社
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/PRM-200676
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Cerebral palsy; functional health status; gait/balance; activities of daily living
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资金
- Health Research Board of Ireland [HPF-2014-650]
- Health Research Board (HRB) [HPF-2014-650] Funding Source: Health Research Board (HRB)
Step length and gait speed are more strongly associated with functional health status and daily activity in children and adolescents with CP crouch gait, while there are no significant correlations between knee flexion during stance and these factors.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between gait analysis measures associated with crouch gait, functional health status and daily activity in ambulant cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: Three-dimensional gait analysis was carried out on 35 ambulant participants with bilateral CP crouch gait (knee flexion at mid-stance (KFMS) > 190). KFMS, knee-flexion at initial contact, gait speed and step-lengths were extracted for analysis. Steps/day and sedentary time/day were assessed using an ActivPAL accelerometer. Functional health status was assessed using the five relevant domains of the Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) questionnaire. Associations between variables were assessed with correlation coefficients and multivariable linear regression. RESULTS: There were no significant correlations between KFMS and PODCI domains (rho = -0.008-0.110) or daily activity (rho = -0.297-0.237) variables. In contrast, multivariable analysis found that step-length was independently associated with the Sports and Physical Function (p = 0.030), Transfers and Basic Mobility (p = 0.041) and Global Function (< 0.001) domains of the PODCI assessment. Gait speed was independently associated with mean steps/day (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Step length and gait speed are more strongly associated with functional health status and daily activity than knee flexion during stance in children and adolescents with CP crouch gait.
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