Assessment of spatio-temporal gait parameters in the group of 9 years old healthy children

Authors

  • Daniel Szymczyk Institute of Physiotherapy, Department of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland
  • Joanna Majewska Institute of Physiotherapy, Department of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7698-0381
  • Magdalena Szczepanik Institute of Physiotherapy, Department of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2560-4436
  • Katarzyna Bazarnik-Mucha Institute of Physiotherapy, Department of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5107-3272
  • Sławomir Snela Institute of Physiotherapy, Department of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland; Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Children and Adults, Clinical Regional Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszow, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2410-9820
  • Julian Skrzypiec Institute of Physiotherapy, Department of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15584/medrev.2016.4.1

Keywords:

gait, child, reference values

Abstract

Introduction: Gait analysis can be defined as a measurement, description and assessment of human locomotion. The development of quantitative gait analysis methods and their increasing application to pathological gait assessment in children has created an urgent need for establishing normative data. The spatio-temporal gait parameters must be compared with valid reference data for the appropriate interpretation.

Objective: The aim of this study was the assessment of the spatio-temporal gait parameters of 9 years old healthy children, considering the subject’s gender and the potential difference between right and left lower limb. Additional purpose of our study was to develop own reference data for the gait analysis in this age group.

Material and methods: 42 healthy, nine years old children (19 girls, 23 boys), participated in this study. 3D gait analysis was performed using the computerized optoelectronic system (BTS Smart, Italy). Basic spatio-temporal gait parameters (percentage share of the stance and swing phase, right and left lower limb step lenght, as well as step frequency and average gait speed, were anylysed.

Results: Our research showed no statistically significant influence of gender, and no differences between the right and left lower limbs on most of the gait parameters in the study group.

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2016-12-30

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Szymczyk, D., Majewska, J., Szczepanik, M., Bazarnik-Mucha, K., Snela, S., & Skrzypiec, J. (2016). Assessment of spatio-temporal gait parameters in the group of 9 years old healthy children. European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 14(4), 376–381. https://doi.org/10.15584/medrev.2016.4.1

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (2016)

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