A method to measure the accuracy of loads in knee-ankle-foot orthoses using conventional gait analysis, applied to persons with poliomyelitis.

Objectives: To determine (1) the forces and moments passing through knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs) during walking and (2) the accuracy with which these loads can be measured using conventional gait analysis techniques.

Design: Comparative case series.

Setting: Rehabilitation facility with human movement laboratory (gait lab).

Single-session reliability of discrete gait parameters in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy based on GMFCS level.

The single-session reliability of 28 discrete spatiotemporal and kinematic variables was evaluated from computerized gait analysis (CGA) in 33 ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP), subcategorized according to Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) Levels I (n=11), II (n=12) and III (n=10). Nineteen boys and 14 girls participated, mean age=8 years 1 month (S.D.

Preliminary evaluation of an automatically stance-phase controlled pediatric prosthetic knee joint using quantitative gait analysis.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects on gait of a new pediatric prosthetic knee joint using an automatic stance-phase lock (ASPL), shown previously to help prevent falls, and to propose future design considerations and prosthetic alignments.

Design: Case series and crossover trial.

Setting: Human movement laboratory.