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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Case-Control Study of the Effects of Chronic Low Back Pain in Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters.

Aurora Castro-Méndez, Inmaculada Requelo-Rodríguez, Manuel Pabón-Carrasco, María Luisa González-Elena, José Antonio Ponce-Blandón, Inmaculada Concepción Palomo-Toucedo

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Aurora Castro-MéndezPodiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1229-0802
Inmaculada Requelo-RodríguezClinica Pie y Deporte, 41018 Seville, Spain.
Manuel Pabón-CarrascoSpanish Red Cross Nursing School, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9011-3695
María Luisa González-ElenaPodiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.
José Antonio Ponce-BlandónSpanish Red Cross Nursing School, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1422-7807
Inmaculada Concepción Palomo-ToucedoPodiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9901-8937

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic low back pain and biomechanical walking imbalances are closely related. It is relevant to identify if there are alterations in spatiotemporal gait patterns in subjects with CLBP (cases) versus healthy subjects (controls) to plan training interventions of motor control gait patterns, and thus allowing normal physical activity of the individual. This study is intended to identify if spatiotemporal alterations occur in the gait cycle in CLBP subjects (cases) compared with a control group (healthy patients) analyzed with an OptoGait LED sensors gait program.

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resultsSignificant differences were found between the two groups and both feet in foot stride, for the differences of the total stride and contact, for gait cadence and total stride length of the gait cycle (

conclusionsCLBP may alter some normal gait patterns measured by OptoGait; this finding presents imbalances in gait cycle as an underlying factor. The gait is part of daily life of any individual and it is an important physical activity in relation to the maintenance of an optimal state of health. In addition, future studies are deemed necessary.

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Low Back PainBiomechanical PhenomenaCase-Control StudiesFootGaitHumansWalkingfootlow back painOptoGaitphysical activity

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PMID34372484
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