Abstract
The purpose was to determine if planned gait termination can identify acute and lingering motor control strategy alterations in post-concussion individuals. Controls completed two standard gait and five planned gait termination trials once while concussed individuals were tested on Day-1 and Day-10 post-concussion. Dependent variables included gait velocity and normalized, relative to standard gait, peak propulsive and braking forces. Control and only Day-1 post-concussion gait velocity differed. Normalized peak propulsive and braking forces were altered on both Day-1 and Day-10. Altered propulsive and braking forces persisted despite all concussion participants achieving their baseline values on standard concussion clinical tests. Thus gait termination can detect both acute and lingering motor control strategy alterations following concussion.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 549-551 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Gait and Posture |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2013 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Biophysics
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
- Rehabilitation
Keywords
- Concussion
- Gait termination
- Postural control