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. 2004 Mar;86(2):251-8.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620x.86b2.13878.

Sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia

J M Rodda  1 , H K Graham, L Carson, M P Galea, R Wolfe
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Sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia

J M Rodda et al. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2004 Mar.

Abstract

Classifications of gait patterns in spastic diplegia have been either qualitative, based on clinical recognition, or quantitative, based on cluster analysis of kinematic data. Qualitative classifications have been much more widely used but concerns have been raised about the validity of classifications, which are not based on quantitative data. We have carried out a cross-sectional study of 187 children with spastic diplegia who attended our gait laboratory and devised a simple classification of sagittal gait patterns based on a combination of pattern recognition and kinematic data. We then studied the evolution of gait patterns in a longitudinal study of 34 children who were followed for more than one year and demonstrated the reliability of our classification.

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