Relationship between Gait, Static Balance, and Pelvic Inclination in Patients with Chronic Stroke

Choe Yuwon (최유원); Kyu-Ryeong Kim (김규령); Kim Meung Kwon (김명권)

Relationship between Gait, Static Balance, and Pelvic Inclination in Patients with Chronic Stroke

Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Abbr : J Korean Soc Phys Med
2021, 16(1), pp.17-22
Publisher : The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Physical Therapy > Other physical therapy
Received : October 29, 2020
Accepted : December 12, 2020
Published : February 28, 2021

Choe Yuwon ¹, Kyu-Ryeong Kim ¹, Kim Meung Kwon ¹

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ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This study examined the correlations between gait, static balance, and pelvic inclination in patients with chronic stroke. METHODS: Twenty-two chronic stroke patients were included in this study. The subjects participated in gait, static balance, and pelvic inclination tests. In the gait measurement, the cadence and gait velocity were measured, and the average of three trials was calculated and recorded. The static balance was measured using a force platform. The data was captured for ten seconds, and five successful trials were recorded. Pelvic inclination in the sagittal plane was measured using a palpation meter. For data processing, a KolmogorovSmirnov test was used to determine the type of distribution for all variables. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used for correlation analysis. The correlations among the gait, static balance, and pelvic inclination was calculated. The level of significance was .05. RESULTS: Significant negative correlations were observed between the gait variables (cadence, velocity) and static balance variables (COP path length, COP average velocity, and 95% confidence ellipse area) (p < .05). On the other hand, there was no significant correlation between pelvic inclination and gait or between the pelvic inclination and static balance variables. CONCLUSION: Significant correlations were observed between the gait function and static balance. On the other hand, there were no significant correlations between the pelvic inclination and gait and static balance. These results suggest that the pelvic inclination is not an important consideration for increasing the gait function and static balance.

KEYWORDS

Balance, Gait, Pelvic inclination

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