Observational gait analysis in traumatic brain injury: Accuracy of clinical judgment

Prevalence of Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification in Traumatic Head- and Spinal-Injured Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Australia

“…Only a very small percentage of TTH patients with TSCI/TBI were hospitalised for ≥ 60 days (~2%), suggesting that the vast majority of TSCI/TBI patients at discharge (~98%) were, in fact, below the post-injury time-point of the NHO peak manifestation. The highest incidence of TSCI/TBI has been reported as being in the 15-25 year old age group (19,20) however our data showed that TSCI/TBI patients admitted to TTH were approximately twice as old as typical TSCI/TBI patients. NHO has also been reported to be primarily diagnosed within this younger age group (2,5,(16)(17)(18) and thus the age-related differences in the NHO incidence cannot be excluded as a biasing factor in our results.…”

Reliability of three-dimensional gait analysis in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

“…Data from one participant were discarded as he had developed a painful knee between test days, resulting in significant differences in his gait pattern on the 2nd day. The median Nurick classification was 2 (range 1-4), and the median Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association score was 11 (range: [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Kinetic data was not available for two of the 12 patients, as one failed to strike the force plate cleanly due to a short stride length, and the other used a stick that contacted the force plate, contaminating the results.…”

“…Timed walk tests are more sensitive to change and are known to be valid and reliable in CSM [8], however they give no information on the underlying gait parameters that have contributed to the measured speed [10]. Observational gait analysis is by far the most commonly used method of evaluating gait disturbance in CSM, however its accuracy is questionable, particularly for subtle gait changes [11,12]. A more accurate, sensitive and detailed method of evaluating gait disturbance in CSM is therefore needed to support diagnosis, measure severity, and evaluate outcome.…”

Temporospatial characteristics of gait in patients with lower limb muscle hypertonia after traumatic brain injury

“…Selected temporospatial characteristics of overground walking in adults with TBI have been reported over the past decade [3,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. In general, individuals with TBI walk slower with shorter steps following TBI [18].…”