Self-reported physical function is associated with walking speed in adults with cerebral palsy

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-188
Author(s):  
Heather R. Baer ◽  
Sruthi P. Thomas ◽  
Zhaoxing Pan ◽  
Alex Tagawa ◽  
James J. Carollo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Walking Speed

A longitudinal study investigating how stroke severity, disability, and physical function the first week post-stroke are associated with walking speed six months post-stroke

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 932-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Kristin Aaslund ◽  
Rolf Moe-Nilssen ◽  
Bente Bassøe Gjelsvik ◽  
Bård Bogen ◽  
Halvor Næss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Walking Speed ◽  
Stroke Severity ◽  
Post Stroke

Influence of walking speed on gait characteristics in children with spastic cerebral palsy

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. S95-S96
Author(s):  
Kaat Desloovere ◽  
Kim Christiaens ◽  
Deborah Severijns ◽  
Leen Van Gestel ◽  
Guy Molenaers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Walking Speed ◽  
Spastic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Gait Characteristics

Psychometric Properties of Functional Balance Assessment in Children With Cerebral Palsy

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 745-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue-Mae Gan ◽  
Li-Chen Tung ◽  
Yue-Her Tang ◽  
Chun-Hou Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Walking Speed ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Functional Balance ◽  
Sit To Stand ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Background. Children with cerebral palsy often suffer from a lack of balance compared with typically developing children. Because balance capacity is relevant to functional activities, reliable and valid functional balance measures are crucial for the pediatric clinical setting. Objective. This study examined the reliability and validity of 3 functional balance measures. Methods. Thirty children aged 60 to 142 months with Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels of I to IV were recruited. For test-retest reliability, the same physical therapist administered the Functional Reach Test (FRT), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Timed Up and Go (TUG) twice. For interrater reliability, the testing processes were video recorded and later scored by another therapist. For convergent validity, children with cerebral palsy received the Gross Motor Function Measures (GMFM), walking speed, and 10-second sit-to-stand test within 1 week and the results evaluated. Results. The 3 functional balance measures had excellent test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] >0.95) and interrater reliability (ICC = 0.98-1.00). With regard to convergent validity, the BBS and the TUG were highly correlated with GMFM total score, walking speed, and the 10-second sit-to-stand test. The discriminate validity indicates that the FRT can distinguish children with cerebral palsy with different GMFCS levels, whereas the BBS total score and TUG failed to distinguish between children with cerebral palsy with GMFCS levels of I and II. Conclusion. The 3 functional balance measures are simple, valid, and reliable for examining children with cerebral palsy and are thus suitable for clinical practice.

The Gait of Children With and Without Cerebral Palsy: Work, Energy, and Angular Momentum

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn Russell ◽  
Bradford Bennett ◽  
Pradip Sheth ◽  
Mark Abel
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Walking Speed ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Mass Motion ◽  
Bipedal Locomotion ◽  
Kinematic Data ◽  
Internal Work ◽  
Body Energy

This paper describes a method to characterize gait pathologies like cerebral palsy using work, energy, and angular momentum. For a group of 24 children, 16 with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and 8 typically developed, kinematic data were collected at the subjects self selected comfortable walking speed. From the kinematics, the work—internal, external, and whole body; energy—rotational and relative linear; and the angular momentum were calculated. Our findings suggest that internal work represents 53% and 40% respectively of the whole body work in gait for typically developed children and children with cerebral palsy. Analysis of the angular momentum of the whole body, and other subgroupings of body segments, revealed a relationship between increased angular momentum and increased internal work. This relationship allows one to use angular momentum to assist in determining the kinetics and kinematics of gait which contribute to increased internal work. Thus offering insight to interventions which can be applied to increase the efficiency of bipedal locomotion, by reducing internal work which has no direct contribution to center of mass motion, in both normal and pathologic populations.

The Effect of Treadmill Training on Gross Motor Function and Walking Speed in Ambulatory Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy

2012 ◽  
Vol 91 (9) ◽  
pp. 747-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Chrysagis ◽  
Emmanouil K. Skordilis ◽  
Nektarios Stavrou ◽  
Eirini Grammatopoulou ◽  
Dimitra Koutsouki
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Walking Speed ◽  
Treadmill Training ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Function
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document