TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased variability of continuous overground walking in neuropathic patients is only indirectly related to sensory loss
AU - Dingwell, Jonathan B.
AU - Cavanagh, Peter R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a grant from the Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid program of the American Society of Biomechanics. The authors gratefully thank Mrs. Mary B. Becker, RN for her assistance in the selection, clinical evaluation, and testing of the subjects who participated in this study.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The present study was conducted to determine if peripheral neuropathy leads to significant changes in locomotor variability. Fourteen patients with severe peripheral neuropathy and 12 gender-, age-, height-, and weight-matched non-diabetic controls participated. Sagittal plane angles of the right hip, knee, and ankle joints and tri-axial accelerations of the trunk were measured during 10 min of continuous overground walking. Standard deviations of stride times and stride-to-stride standard deviations of each kinematic variable were calculated. Neuropathic patients walked slower and exhibited some increases in locomotor variability compared to control subjects. However, these increases in gait variability were primarily linked to reductions in self-selected walking speed and were not directly attributable to sensory loss itself.
AB - The present study was conducted to determine if peripheral neuropathy leads to significant changes in locomotor variability. Fourteen patients with severe peripheral neuropathy and 12 gender-, age-, height-, and weight-matched non-diabetic controls participated. Sagittal plane angles of the right hip, knee, and ankle joints and tri-axial accelerations of the trunk were measured during 10 min of continuous overground walking. Standard deviations of stride times and stride-to-stride standard deviations of each kinematic variable were calculated. Neuropathic patients walked slower and exhibited some increases in locomotor variability compared to control subjects. However, these increases in gait variability were primarily linked to reductions in self-selected walking speed and were not directly attributable to sensory loss itself.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0966-6362(01)00101-1
DO - 10.1016/S0966-6362(01)00101-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 11378419
AN - SCOPUS:0034980754
SN - 0966-6362
VL - 14
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Gait and Posture
JF - Gait and Posture
IS - 1
ER -
