Altered gait termination strategies following a concussion

Thomas A. Buckley, Barry A. Munkasy, Tiffen G. Tapia-Lovler, Erik A. Wikstrom

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)549-551
Number of pages3
JournalGait and Posture
Volume38
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2013

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biophysics
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Rehabilitation

Keywords

  • Concussion
  • Gait termination
  • Postural control

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