A029 Gait Analysis

1. Gait Analysis: Its Use as a
Treatment and Rehabilitative
Tool
Gwenllian Tawy¹, Philip Riches¹, Philip Rowe¹
¹University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

2. • Method of analysing movement
• Joint kinematics and kinetics
• 2D or 3D
• Identify pathological movement patterns
• Guide rehabilitation and treatment programmes1,2
WHAT IS GAIT ANALYSIS?

3. CLINICAL USE
Rarely used in clinical environments3,4
Problems:
• Large footprint
• Time consuming
• Marker placement protocols
• Complicated software
• Complicated data
• Limited training available to clinicians
• Expensive
Consequences:
• Limited accessibility
• Limited evidence of effectiveness

4. WHY SHOULD WE USE IT?
• Gold standard method4
• Non-invasive
• Multiple measurements can be recorded simultaneously
• Information on functional abilities
• Guide rehabilitative and treatment plans
• Improve functional outcome following a treatment
• Feedback to patients on progress
• Evidence of its benefits
Aim: Develop a clinic-appropriate motion capture system to
assess lower limb function.

5. DEVELOPMENT

6. ASSESSING RANGE OF
MOTION
• Important outcome of interest5
• Commonly used in orthopaedics
• Traditionally measured with a goniometer 5
• Method is familiar to clinicians

7. ASSESSING STRENGTH
• Informative outcome measure 6
• Not always carried out in a clinical environment 6
• Chair dynamometers/myometers occasionally used 6
• Method familiar to clinicians

8. ASSESSING GAIT
PATTERN AND STABILITY
• Walking kinematics
• Balance (Motor control)
• Identify pathalogical gait
• Gauge level of mobility

9. EASE OF USE
• Quick set-up time
• Patient friendly assessments
• Computer control with footswitch
• No need to label markers and process data
• Results in real-time
• Results in simple formats
• Total assessment time is <20 minutes

10. CONCLUSIONS
• Gait Analysis is a gold standard method
• Appropriate for a clinical environment
• Can record large amounts of data quickly
• Real-time
• Potential for large-scale use

11. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Supervisors: Professor Philip Rowe & Dr Philip Riches
Trial Team: Miss Leela Biant, Mr Michiel Simons, Lorna MacLeod, Andre Attard
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lower extremity orthopaedic surgery: Baseline data from a randomized controlled trial.” Gait & posture 34(3): 364–9.
2Lofterød, B., Terjesen, T., Skaaret, I., Huse, A-B., Jahnsen, R (2007). “Preoperative gait analysis has a substantial effect on orthopedic decision making in
children with cerebral palsy: comparison between clinical evaluation and gait analysis in 60 patients.” Acta orthopaedica 78(1): 74–80.
3Dimanico, U., Gastaldi, L., Caramella, M., Marachetti, P., Pastorelli, S., Soragnese, F (2009). “Inter-therapist and inter-methodology marker placement
influence on clinical gait analysis.” Gait & Posture 30: S138–S139.
4Meldrum, D., Shouldice, C., Conroy, R., Jones, K., Forward, M (2014). “Test-retest reliability of three dimensional gait analysis: including a novel approach to
visualising agreement of gait cycle waveforms with Bland and Altman plots.” Gait & posture 39(1): 265–71.
5Austin, M.S., Ghanem E., Joshi, A., Trappler, R., Parvizi, J., Hozack, W.J (2008). “The assessment of intraoperative prosthetic knee range of motion using two
methods.” The Journal of arthroplasty, 23(4): 515–21.
6Henriksen, M., Rosager, S., Aaboe, J., Graven-Nielsen, T., Bliddal, H (2011). “Experimental knee pain reduces muscle strength.” The journal of pain : official
journal of the American Pain Society 12(4):460–7.