Journal article
Kinematic gait deficits at the trunk and pelvis: characteristic features in children with hereditary spastic paraplegia
B Adair, J Rodda, JL McGinley, HK Graham, ME Morris
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.13082
Abstract
Aim: To examine the kinematic gait deviations at the trunk and pelvis of children with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Method: This exploratory observational study quantified gait kinematics for the trunk and pelvis from 11 children with HSP (7 males, 4 females) using the Gait Profile Score and Gait Variable Scores (GVS), and compared the kinematics to data from children with typical development using a Mann–Whitney U test. Results: Children with HSP (median age 11y 4mo, interquartile range 4y) demonstrated large deviations in the GVS for the trunk and pelvis in the sagittal and coronal planes when compared to the gait patterns of children with typical development (p=0.010–0.020). Speci..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory for permission to use their reference data from children with typical development, and the HSP Research Foundation, who generously assisted with recruitment for this study. Brooke Adair received PhD funding through an Australian Postgraduate Award. The HSP Research Foundation assisted with participant recruitment and provided financial assistance for travel and accommodation costs to allow some interstate participants to attend a gait assessment. The HSP Research Foundation was not involved in study design, data collection, the analysis of results, or the manuscript drafting process.