Application of Gait Analysis for Stroke Patients with Hemiparesis
Abstract： Objective To explore the characteristics of hemiparetic gait for stroke patients. Methods 49 stroke patients were allocated to two groups:experimental group (n=33) received 3D-video gait analysis, and control group (n=16) received the gait analysis with ankle-foot orthosis (AFO). The kinematic parameters were compared between two groups, and the experimental group with normal gaits. Results Com-pared with the normal gaits, the step, stride, step frequency, gait velocity, and the percentage single support in gait cycle decreased signifi-cantly, and gait width, and the percentage in gait cycle of double support increased significantly in the experimental group (P<0.01). There was no significant difference in kinematic parameters beween the experimental group and the control group (P>0.05). Conclusion The ma-jor kinematic characteristics of hemiparetic gait are slow velocity, long cycle, relative decrease of single support of weak limb, and increase of double support.
Keywords：strokehemiplegiagait analysiskinematic parameters
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 655-657 )