Effect of Orthotic Gait Training with Isocentric Reciprocating Gait Orthosis on Walking in Children with Myelomeningocele

Overview

Journal Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil

Specialties Emergency Medicine
Rehabilitation Medicine

Date 2018 Jan 18

PMID 29339891

Citations 2

Authors

Mokhtar Arazpour

Farin Soleimani

Firoozeh Sajedi

Roshanak Vameghi

Monireh Ahmadi Bani

Masoud Gharib

Mohammad Samadian

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Abstract

Mechanical orthoses are used to assist in standing and walking after neurological injury in children with myelomeningocele (MMC). : To evaluate the influence of orthotic gait training with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis (IRGO) on the kinematics and temporal-spatial parameters of walking in children with MMC. Five children with MMC were fitted with an IRGO. They walked at their own comfortable cadence using the orthosis. The hip joint angle, spatial temporal parameters, and compensatory motions were measured and analyzed. : Significant increases in walking speed and step length were demonstrated following orthotic gait training during walking with the IRGO. The sagittal plane hip range of motion was also significantly increased; however, the vertical and horizontal compensatory motions were significantly decreased. : This study evaluated the influence of gait training with an IRGO on the kinematics and temporal spatial parameters in MMC children. The findings showed that orthotic gait training improved hip joint range of motion, increased walking speed and step length, and decreased lateral and vertical compensatory motions during level-ground walking trials.

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