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Individuals Poststroke Do Not Perceive Their Spatiotemporal Gait Asymmetries as Abnormal.
Phys Ther
September 2015
M.D. Lewek, PT, PhD, Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3043 Bondurant Hall, CB #7135, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (USA), and Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Background: Following stroke, spatiotemporal gait asymmetries persist into the chronic phases, despite the neuromuscular capacity to produce symmetric walking patterns. This persistence of gait asymmetry may be due to deficits in perception, as the newly established asymmetric gait pattern is perceived as normal.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of usual overground gait asymmetry on the ability to consciously and unconsciously perceive the presence of gait asymmetry in people poststroke.