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To develop and evaluate a valid, reliable classification of sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia using both clinical pattern recognition and quantitative kinematic data.

March 1, 2004Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume

Sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia

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JRJill RoddaThe University of Melbourne HGH. Kerr GrahamRoyal Children's Hospital LCLindsey L. CarsonRoyal Children's Hospital

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis demonstrates reliable sagittal gait classifications in spastic diplegia, highlighting consistent pattern recognition.

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To develop and evaluate a valid, reliable classification of sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia using both clinical pattern recognition and quantitative kinematic data.
Conducted a cross-sectional study of 187 children with spastic diplegia evaluated in a gait laboratory to establish classification categories.
Tracked gait pattern progression in a longitudinal cohort of 34 children followed for more than one year to determine classification reliability.
Devised a practical sagittal gait classification integrating observational pattern recognition with objective kinematic measurements.
Demonstrated the longitudinal reliability of the proposed classification system over more than one year of patient follow-up.

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Rodda et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a95b736fbedde85bb420aa1 https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.86b2.13878

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis demonstrates reliable sagittal gait classifications in spastic diplegia, highlighting consistent pattern recognition.

Sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia

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Sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia

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