The Use of Gait Analysis for Surgical Recommendations in Traumatic Brain Injury
作者:
Jacquelin Perry,
期刊:
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 2
页码: 116-135
ISSN:0885-9701
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: dynamic electromyography;gait analysis;kinematics;kinetics;traumatic brain injury
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Traumatic brain injury causes unpredictable errors in the patient's gait by introducing varying mixtures of spasticity, contractures, primitive flexion and extension synergies, and impaired selective control. Surgical release or transfer of the offending muscles can improve the patient's ability to walk if functional errors have been accurately identified. While clinical testing is inadequate, instrumented motion analysis and dynamic electromyography can supply an accurate definition of the abnormalities in muscle action and provide guidelines for distinguishing local from referred motion errors. Examples of the diagnostic differences related to the equinovarus foot and the common types of knee dysfunction are presented.
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