Artificial gait in complete spinal cord injured subjects: how to assess clinical performance.

Autor:	Pithon KR; Departamento de Ortopedia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Abreu DC; Departamento de Biomecânica, Medicina e Reabilitação do Aparelho Locomotor, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil., Vasconcelos-Neto R; Departamento de Ortopedia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Martins LE; Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Cliquet A Jr; Departamento de Ortopedia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2015 Feb; Vol. 73 (2), pp. 111-4.
DOI:	10.1590/0004-282X20140205
Abstrakt:	Objective: Adapt the 6 minutes walking test (6MWT) to artificial gait in complete spinal cord injured (SCI) patients aided by neuromuscular electrical stimulation. Method: Nine male individuals with paraplegia (AIS A) participated in this study. Lesion levels varied between T4 and T12 and time post injured from 4 to 13 years. Patients performed 6MWT 1 and 6MWT 2. They used neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and were aided by a walker. The differences between two 6MWT were assessed by using a paired t test. Multiple r-squared was also calculated. Results: The 6MWT 1 and 6MWT 2 were not statistically different for heart rate, distance, mean speed and blood pressure. Multiple r-squared (r2 = 0.96) explained 96% of the variation in the distance walked. Conclusion: The use of 6MWT in artificial gait towards assessing exercise walking capacity is reproducible and easy to apply. It can be used to assess SCI artificial gait clinical performance.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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