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ArticleMethods and protocols2024

A Protocol for Comprehensive Analysis of Gait in Individuals with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury.

Emelie Butler Forslund, Minh Tat Nhat Truong, Ruoli Wang, Åke Seiger, Elena M Gutierrez-Farewik

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Article in Methods and protocols, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Emelie Butler ForslundDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5540-342X
Minh Tat Nhat TruongKTH MoveAbility, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4571-1984
Ruoli WangKTH MoveAbility, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
Åke SeigerDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Stockholm, Sweden.
Elena M Gutierrez-FarewikKTH MoveAbility, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5417-5939

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NeuroSweden F2022-0019Norrbacka Eugeniastiftelsen 806/23Promobilia Foundation 18200Promobilia Foundation 23027Promobilia Foundation 23300Swedish Personal Injury Association RTP 2022:02Swedish Research Council 2018-00750
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Abstract

This is a protocol for comprehensive analysis of gait and affecting factors in individuals with incomplete paraplegia due to spinal cord injury (SCI). A SCI is a devastating event affecting both sensory and motor functions. Due to better care, the SCI population is changing, with a greater proportion retaining impaired ambulatory function. Optimizing ambulatory function after SCI remains challenging. To investigate factors influencing optimal ambulation, a multi-professional research project was grounded with expertise from clinical rehabilitation, neurophysiology, and biomechanical engineering from Karolinska Institutet, the Spinalis Unit at Aleris Rehab Station (Sweden's largest center for specialized neurorehabilitation), and the Promobilia MoveAbility Lab at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Ambulatory adults with paraplegia will be consecutively invited to participate. Muscle strength, sensitivity, and spasticity will be assessed, and energy expenditure, 3D movements, and muscle function (EMG) during gait and submaximal contractions will be analyzed. Innovative computational modeling and data-driven analyses will be performed, including the identification of clusters of similar movement patterns among the heterogeneous population and analyses that study the link between complex sensorimotor function and movement performance. These results may help optimize ambulatory function for persons with SCI and decrease the risk of secondary conditions during gait with a life-long perspective.

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ambulationEMGgaitmachine learningmovement analysisparaplegiapredictive modeling

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