ArticleScientific reports2021
Subclinical gait disturbance and postoperative gait improvement in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy.
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Evaluation of Gait Impairment and Correlation With Clinical Assessment Tools Before and After Surgery in Patients With Cervical Myelopathy Using Inertial Sensors
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- Enhanced measures to quantify gait and balance impairment in degenerative cervical myelopathy: A prospective cohort study.North American Spine Society journal · 2026Article
- Comparative clinical outcomes of ACDF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy versus atypical cervical pathology presenting as refractory low back pain with radiating lower limb pain: a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Review
- Impact of incidental thoracic spinal stenosis on outcomes following lumbar fusion: propensity score-matched cohort study.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2026Article
- Chiropractic Management using Cox Technic Flexion Distraction for a Patient With Tandem Spinal Stenosis.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2025Article
- Development of a Gait Analysis Application for Assessing Upper and Lower Limb Movements to Detect Pathological Gait.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Kinematic movement and balance parameter analysis in neurological gait disorders.Journal of biological engineering · 2024Article
- QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAIT ANALYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL MYELOPATHY.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the subclinical gait abnormalities and the postoperative gait improvements in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy using three-dimensional gait analysis. We reviewed the gait analysis of 62 patients who underwent surgical treatment for degenerative cervical myelopathy. The asymptomatic gait group included 30 patients and the gait disturbance group included 32 patients who can walk on their own slowly or need assistive device on stairs. The step width (17.2 cm vs. 15.9 cm, P = 0.003), stride length (105.2 cm vs. 109.1 cm, P = 0.015), and double-limb support duration (13.4% vs. 11.7%, P = 0.027) improved only in the asymptomatic gait group. Preoperatively, the asymptomatic gait group exhibited better maximum knee flexion angle (60.5° vs. 54.8°, P = 0.001) and ankle plantarflexion angle at push-off (- 12.2° vs. - 6.5°, P = 0.001) compared to the gait disturbance group. Postoperatively, maximum knee flexion angle (62.3° vs. 58.2°, P = 0.004) and ankle plantarflexion angle at push-off (- 12.8° vs. - 8.3°, P = 0.002) were still better in the asymptomatic gait group, although both parameters improved in the gait disturbance group (P = 0.005, 0.039, respectively). Kinematic parameters could improve in patients with gait disturbance. However, temporospatial parameters improvement may be expected when the operative treatment is performed before apparent gait disturbance.
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