scholarly journals Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy Experience Difficulties Adjusting Their Gait Pattern to Weight Added to the Waist, While Typically Developing Children Do Not

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Meyns ◽  
Leen Van Gestel ◽  
Lynn Bar-On ◽  
Marije Goudriaan ◽  
Hans Wambacq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Gait Pattern ◽  
Spastic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children

scholarly journals Dynamic Resources Used in Ambulation by Children With Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: Relationship to Kinematics, Energetics, and Asymmetries

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio T Fonseca ◽  
Kenneth G Holt ◽  
Linda Fetters ◽  
Elliot Saltzman
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Spastic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children ◽  
Vertical Stiffness ◽  
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy

Abstract Background and Purpose. The atypical walking pattern in children with spastic cerebral palsy is assumed to involve kinematic and morphological adaptations that allow them to move. The purpose of this study was to explore how the requirements of the task and the energy-generating and energy-conserving capabilities of children with cerebral palsy relate to kinematic and mechanical energy patterns of walking. Subjects. Six children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy and a matched group of typically developing children participated in the study. Methods. Kinematic data were collected at 5 different walking speeds. Vertical stiffness, mechanical energy parameters, and landing angle were measured during the stance phase. Results. The affected side of the children with cerebral palsy showed greater vertical stiffness, a greater ratio of kinetic forward energy to potential energy, and a smaller landing angle when compared with those of the nonaffected lower extremity and with those of typically developing children. Discussion and Conclusion. Previous research has shown that children with cerebral palsy assumed a gait similar to an inverted pendulum on the nonaffected limb and a pogo stick on the affected limb. Our results indicate that asymmetries between lower extremities and differences from typically developing children in the landing angle of the lower extremity, vertical lower-extremity stiffness, and kinetic and potential energy profiles support the claim that walking patterns in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy emerge as a function of the resources available to them.

scholarly journals Medial gastrocnemius structure and gait kinetics in spastic cerebral palsy and typically developing children

Medicine ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (21) ◽  
pp. e10776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Martín Lorenzo ◽  
Eduardo Rocon ◽  
Ignacio Martínez Caballero ◽  
Sergio Lerma Lara
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Medial Gastrocnemius ◽  
Spastic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children
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