Evaluation of Gait Assistive Devices in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
- Authors
- 김미영; 임비오
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- 한국운동역학회
- Keywords
- Gait; Assistive devices; Parkinson's disease; Hoehn and Yahr scale
- Citation
- 한국운동역학회지, v.26, no.3, pp 309 - 314
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- 한국운동역학회지
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 309
- End Page
- 314
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/7952
- DOI
- 10.5103/KJSB.2016.26.3.309
- ISSN
- 1226-2226
- Abstract
- Objective: There are no guidelines for choosing appropriate gait assistive devices. The aim of this study was to evaluate gait assistive devices in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Method: We evaluated 15 individuals with Parkinson's disease who did or did not use one of two different devices including canes and two-wheeled walkers. Data were collected using the GAITRite system.
Results: Participants in the group using canes and two-wheeled walkers had significantly increased double support time and decreased gait velocity, normalized gait velocity, and stride length compared with those who did not. Participants who used a two-wheeled walker had significantly decreased gait velocity, normalized gait velocity, and stride length compared with those who used a cane. Furthermore, participants who used a two-wheeled walker had significantly decreased coefficients of variation for step time, stride length, and swing time compared with those who used a cane.
Conclusion: Our results indicated that the two-wheeled walker offered the most consistent advantages for decreasing the risk of falling
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