Gait classification in a population of adults with hereditary spastic paresis.

Background: Classification of gait in adults with hereditary spastic paresis is limited. Our aim was to use a previously established system to classify gait.

Methods: Forty-nine participants were retrospectively recruited and grouped into existing classifications based on sagittal plane knee joint kinematic data extracted from a 3D analysis.

Utilizing three dimensional clinical gait analysis to optimize mobility outcomes in incomplete spinal cord damage.

Background: Three-dimensional gait analysis (3DGA) has not previously been considered by consensus panels of spinal cord experts for use in studies of patients with spinal cord damage (SCD), yet it is frequently used in other neurological populations, such as stroke and cerebral palsy.

Research Question: How does 3DGA impairment based reporting guide individualised clinical decision-making in people with incomplete SCD?

Methods: Retrospective open cohort case series recruited 48 adults with incomplete SCD (traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction) referred to the Clinical Gait Analysis Service (CGAS), Melbourne, Australia. Three-dimensional gait data were used to identify gait impairments by the multidisciplinary clinical team.

The safety and feasibility of an intervention to improve balance dysfunction in ambulant adults with cerebral palsy: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the safety, feasibility and potential efficacy of balance training in adults with cerebral palsy.

Design: Phase 2, assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation facility.