Intralimb coordination as a sensitive indicator of motor-control impairment after spinal cord injury

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作者
Awai, Lea [1 ]
Curt, Armin [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Zurich, Balgrist Univ Hosp, Spinal Cord Injury Ctr, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
spinal cord injury; human; gait; intralimb; coordination; categorization; cyclogram; GAIT ANALYSIS; TREADMILL; PATTERNS; LOCOMOTION; WALKING; PEOPLE;
D O I
10.3389/fnhum.2014.00148
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Background: Recovery of walking function after neurotrauma, e.g., after spinal cord injury, is routinely captured using standardized walking outcome measures of time and distance. However, these measures do not provide information on possible underlying mechanisms of recovery, nor do they tell anything about the quality of gait. Subjects with an incomplete spinal cord injury are a very heterogeneous group of people with a wide range of functional impairments. A stratification of these subjects would allow increasing sensitivity for hypothesis testing and a more targeted treatment strategy. Methods: The gait of incomplete spinal cord injured subjects was compared to healthy control subjects by analyzing kinematic data obtained by a 3-D motion capture system. Hip knee angle-angle plots (cyclograms) informed on the qualitative aspect of gait and the intralimb coordination. Features of the cyclogram, e.g., shape of the cyclogram, cycle-to-cycle consistency and its modulation due to changes in walking speed were discerned and used to stratify spinal cord injured subjects. Results: Spinal cord injured subjects were unable to modulate their cyclogram configuration when increasing speed from slow to preferred. Their gait quality remained clearly aberrant and showed even higher deviations from normal when walking at preferred speed. Qualitative categorization of spinal cord injured subjects based on their intralimb coordination was complemented by quantitative measures of cyclogram shape comparison. Discussion: Spinal cord injured subjects showed distinct distortions of intralimb coordination as well as limited modulation to changes in walking speed. The specific changes of the cyclograms revealed complementary insight in the disturbance of lower-limb control in addition to measures of time and distance and may be a useful tool for patient categorization and stratification prior to clinical trial inclusion.
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