Open AccessDynamics of reciprocal gait of adult paraplegics using the Para Walker (Hip Guidance Orthosis)
Author(s) -
A.V. Nene,
Richard E. Major
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
prosthetics and orthotics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.729
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1746-1553
pISSN - 0309-3646
DOI - 10.3109/03093648709078194
Subject(s) - crutch , physical medicine and rehabilitation , gait , medicine , physical therapy , hip flexion , biomechanics , range of motion , anatomy , engineering , structural engineering
Force plate studies with nine adult traumatic complete paraplegics with lesion at thoracic level have shown that, unlike children walking in the Oswestry Hip Guidance Orthosis (Para Walker) system, they have to apply extra stabilizing forces through the crutches for safe walking. These forces are described and are attributed to an increased crutch force applied to prevent lateral deformation of the orthosis in stance phase.
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