Gait Analysis and Gait Training in Patient With Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement

Campus Bio-Medico University50 enrolled

Overview

The main objective of the present study is the evaluation of the kinematic parameters of gait and distribution of the load, recorded thruogh a sensorized treadmill, on lower limbs in patients at 1 year from Total Hip Replacement or Total Knee Replacement. The secondary objective is to evaluate the effects of gait training with biofeedback by means of a sensorized treadmill in patients with asymmetry of the kinematic parameters of the step and of distribution of the load on the lower limbs.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip

Interventions

Gait training with real time biofeedbackOTHER

Patients presenting asymmetry of the kinematic parameters of the step to the evaluation with sensorized treadmill, will undergo gait training program. The training program consists of 20 session (1 session/day) of gait training. Daily gait training will last 30 minutes as distributed: * 5 minutes of heating at a comfortable speed for the patient * Three 5-minute sessions of gait training with biofeedback interspersed with a break of 5 minutes each.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 24 * 12 months after total hip or total knee replacement Exclusion Criteria: * impossibility to perform a walking test * disabling cardiovascular and osteo-arthro-muscular problems that can impair walking tests * central or peripheral neurological disorders that compromise the sensory-motor skills of the patient under examination and / or the degree of collaboration * patients who have not signed informed consent

Locations (1)

Rehabilitation Department - Campus Bio-Medico University

Roma, RM, Italy

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