The Relationship between Weight-Bearing and Stiff-Knee Gait in Hemiplegic Patients.
- Author:
Deog Young KIM
1
;
Chang Il PARK
;
Yong Won JANG
;
So Young AHN
;
Sang il NA
;
Young Sun PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. rina-an@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hemiplegia;
Stiff-knee gait;
Weight-bearing
- MeSH:
Extremities;
Foot;
Gait*;
Hemiplegia;
Humans;
Knee;
Weight-Bearing*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2004;28(1):20-25
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether insufficient weight-bearing on the hemiparetic side has a correlation with the degree of stiff-knee gait in hemiplegic patients. METHOD: Fifty hemiplegic patients were included. In all patients, 3-dimensonal gait analysis and static and dynamic foot pressure measurements were taken. The degree of stiff-knee gait was evaluated using the peak knee flexion angle and the knee flexion slope at toe-off in hemiplegic limb. The degree of weight-bearing was evaluated using the percentage of hemiplegic foot pressure and pressure-time integration on the non-hemiplegic side. RESULTS: The static and dynamic mean pressure ratios and pressure-time integration ratio were statistically correlated with peak knee flexion angle and knee flexion slope (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: As a result, insufficient weight-bearing had a correlation with the degree of stiff-knee gait in hemiplegic patients. Insufficient weight-bearing should be further investigated to determine whether it is one of the characteristic findings of stiff-knee gait, or another cause of stiff-knee gait.
