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Comparison of gait characteristics between clinical and daily life settings in children with cerebral palsy
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Carcreff, Léna
Gerber, Corinna N.
Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara
De Coulon, Geraldo
Newman, Christopher J.
Aminian, Kamiar
Armand, Stéphane
Published in Scientific reports. 2020, vol. 10, no. 1, 2091
Abstract Gait assessments in standardized settings, as part of the clinical follow-up of children with cerebral palsy (CP), may not represent gait in daily life. This study aimed at comparing gait characteristics in laboratory and real life settings on the basis of multiple parameters in children with CP and with typical development (TD). Fifteen children with CP and 14 with TD wore 5 inertial sensors (chest, thighs and shanks) during in-laboratory gait assessments and during 3 days of daily life. Sixteen parameters belonging to 8 distinct domains were computed from the angular velocities and/or accelerations. Each parameter measured in the laboratory was compared to the same parameter measured in daily life for walking bouts defined by a travelled distance similar to the laboratory, using Wilcoxon paired tests and Spearman's correlations. Most gait characteristics differed between both environments in both groups. Numerous high correlations were found between laboratory and daily life gait parameters for the CP group, whereas fewer correlations were found in the TD group. These results demonstrated that children with CP perform better in clinical settings. Such quantitative evidence may enhance clinicians' understanding of the gap between capacity and performance in children with CP and improve their decision-making.
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PMID: 32034244
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Other version: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005861/
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique
Research group Laboratoire de cinésiologie (943)
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Autre: Prix Leenaards
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(ISO format) 		CARCREFF, Léna et al. Comparison of gait characteristics between clinical and daily life settings in children with cerebral palsy. In: Scientific Reports, 2020, vol. 10, n° 1, p. 2091. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59002-6 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:132735

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