Diagnostic gait pattern in a treatable neuromuscular disorder

Gait Pattern Classification of Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.

The purpose was to develop an index of walking performance and to examine gait pattern classifications of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The San Diego database (Sutherland, Olshen, Biden, & Wyatt, 1988) provided data for our calculation of the index and for determining that the index was able to differentiate between gait variables of older (ages 3 to 7) and younger (a...

Social anxiety disorder: common, disabling, and treatable.

BACKGROUND Social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia) is characterized by extreme fear, avoidance, or both of one or more social or performance situations, such as making a presentation, meeting new people, or eating in front of others. This condition is common, with a lifetime prevalence of up to 13%, and one third of affected persons have major dysfunction. METHODS The English-la...

Neuromuscular Model for Gait Pathology

Gait and neuromuscular pattern changes are associated with differences in knee osteoarthritis severity levels.

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactoral, progressive disease process of the musculoskeletal system. Mechanical factors have been implicated in the progression of knee OA, but the role of altered joint mechanics and neuromuscular control strategies in progressive mechanisms of the disease have not been fully explored. Previous biomechanical studies of knee OA have characterized changes in jo...

Trunk Kinematic Analysis during Gait in Cerebral Palsy Children with Crouch Gait Pattern

Background: Deficits in upper body movement have received little attention during gait in cerebral palsy (CP) children with crouch gait pattern (CGP).Objective: Purpose of this research is to describe the correlation of trunk movement with the excessive knee flexion and ankle kinematic in CP children with CGP.Methods: Gait analysis data from 57 limbs of diplegic CP children with CGP and 26 limb...