https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/577169
標題: | Effects of tendon release surgery on inter-limb leg stiffness control in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy during gait | 作者: | Kuo, Chien-Chung Huang, Hsing-Po Lu, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Tsan-Yang TING-MING WANG TUNG-WU LU |
公開日期: | 2021 | 卷: | 11 | 期: | 10 | 來源出版物: | Applied Sciences (Switzerland) | 摘要: | Impaired motor control and musculotendon tightness in the lower extremities are char-acteristic features of patients with diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Tendon release surgery (TRS) helps improve joint and leg stiffness, but the effects of TRS on inter-limb coordination in terms of the total leg stiffness, and the bilateral symmetry in leg stiffness during gait, remain unknown. Ten children with spastic diplegic CP scheduled for TRS and ten healthy controls participated in this study. The inter-limb sharing of total leg stiffness during double-limb support phase and bilateral leg stiffness symmetry during stance phase of gait were calculated using the kinematic and ground reaction force data measured by a motion analysis system. Before TRS, the patients with diplegic CP walked with a decreased share of total leg stiffness during weight-acceptance (p < 0.05) and with increased bilateral leg stiffness asymmetry during single-limb support and weight-transfer during gait (p < 0.05) when compared to healthy controls. After TRS, the bilateral leg stiffness asymmetry was significantly reduced in the CP group, especially in the terminal stance phase, with inter-limb sharing of total leg stiffness becoming similar to that in controls (p > 0.05). The surgery seemed to improve the lower limb control and increased the bilateral limb symmetry during gait. ? 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85106875546&doi=10.3390%2fapp11104562&partnerID=40&md5=48210fa094fe85a460383771d5e254d9 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/577169 |
ISSN: | 20763417 | DOI: | 10.3390/app11104562 |
顯示於: | 醫學工程學研究所 |
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