Citation

Balaban B, Tok F. PM R 2014; 6(7): 635-642.

Affiliation

Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey; İskenderun Military Hospital, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic, İskenderun, Hatay, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.12.017

PMID

24451335

Abstract

Post-stroke hemiplegic gait is a mixture of deviations and compensatory motion dictated by residual functions; therefore, each patient must be examined and his/her unique gait pattern must be identified and documented. Quantitative 3-dimensional gait analysis is the best way to understand the complex multifactorial gait dysfunction in hemiparetic patients. The present paper aimed to accomplish the following: (1) review the temporospatial, kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic deviations from normal gait that commonly occur following stroke and are of clinical significance, and the most likely causes of these deviations: (2) differentiate the departures from normal gait parameters that arise as a direct consequence of post-stroke motor problems, and those that arise as learned or adaptive compensations for post-stroke motor problems.

Language: en