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3993758

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
The motion of the center of gravity during walking was analyzed in five hemiplegic subjects and eleven subjects affected by unilateral hip arthritis. In the hemiplegic subjects and 6 subjects with hip arthritis the transfer between kinetic and potential energy (with a passive pendular motion) was found to be 9-95% greater during the step performed on the affected limb ("pathological" step); as a consequence, the muscular work done during this step was 7-81% of the work done during the step performed on the second limb ("normal" step). Qualitatively similar gait anomalies were recorded in all hemiplegic subjects with hypertonus of the paretic limb: these subjects had to lift the spastic limb as a whole during the normal step, with the consequence that the center of gravity was lifted 0.6-3 cm more than during the pathological step. In contrast, various motor patterns were found in patients with hip arthritis. During the pathological step the center of gravity reached a height 0.5-3 cm greater in 7 subjects, 1 cm smaller in one subject, and about the same height reached during the normal step in 3 subjects. This was consistent with the various motor deficits caused by hip arthritis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9491
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
57-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Motion of the center of gravity of the body in clinical evaluation of gait.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study