Comparison of Below-Knee Amputee Gait Performed Overground and on a Motorized Treadmill

• Autores: C. Button, Stuart Moyle, Keith Davids
• Localización: Adapted physical activity quaterly, ISSN 0736-5829, Vol. 27, Nº. 2, 2010, págs. 96-112
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There has been no direct attempt to evaluate whether gait performed overground and on a treadmill is the same for lower limb amputees. A multiple case study approach was adopted to explore the degenerate movement behavior displayed by three male amputees. Participants walked overground at a self-selected preferred pace and when this speed was enforced on a treadmill (50 stride cycles per condition).

    The extremities of motion (i.e., maximum flexion) for the hip and knee joints differed between conditions (0.2�3.8°). For two participants, the temporal asymmetry of gait was reduced on the treadmill. Initial data suggest that research on amputees simulating overground walking on a treadmill might need to be interpreted with some caution.