In clinical gait analysis is fundamental to have access to normative data, to be used as a reference in the interpretation of pathological walking. In a paediatric population this may be complicated by the dependence of gait parameters on child growth. The aim of this work is to provide the correlations of spatial-temporal gait parameters with children's height. We obtained the regression lines of cadence, double support, and gait phases, with respect to height, from a sample of 85 normally typically developing children aged 6 to 11. Our analysis of gait phases was not limited to the traditional analysis of stance and swing, but rather focused on the sub-phases of stance - heel contact, flat foot contact, push off - which proved to be an innovative approach to gait analysis. Heel contact decreased, flat foot contact increased and push off remained essentially unchanged with respect to children's height. These results may be useful in the interpretation of gait data in developing children, and the regression lines obtained may be used to normalize their gait parameters.

Dependence of gait parameters on height in typically developing children / Agostini, Valentina; Nascimbeni, Alberto; DI NARDO, Francesco; Fioretti, Sandro; Burattini, Laura; Knaflitz, Marco. - ELETTRONICO. - 2015-:(2015), pp. 7598-7601. (Intervento presentato al convegno 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 tenutosi a MiCo Center, Milano Congressi Center, ita nel 2015) [10.1109/EMBC.2015.7320151].

Dependence of gait parameters on height in typically developing children

DI NARDO, Francesco;FIORETTI, Sandro;BURATTINI, LAURA;
2015-01-01

Abstract

In clinical gait analysis is fundamental to have access to normative data, to be used as a reference in the interpretation of pathological walking. In a paediatric population this may be complicated by the dependence of gait parameters on child growth. The aim of this work is to provide the correlations of spatial-temporal gait parameters with children's height. We obtained the regression lines of cadence, double support, and gait phases, with respect to height, from a sample of 85 normally typically developing children aged 6 to 11. Our analysis of gait phases was not limited to the traditional analysis of stance and swing, but rather focused on the sub-phases of stance - heel contact, flat foot contact, push off - which proved to be an innovative approach to gait analysis. Heel contact decreased, flat foot contact increased and push off remained essentially unchanged with respect to children's height. These results may be useful in the interpretation of gait data in developing children, and the regression lines obtained may be used to normalize their gait parameters.
2015
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9781424492718
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