Utilization of motion analysis to quantify gait pathologies in spine surgery
Authors:
J. Lodin 1,2; M. Jelínek 3; M. Sameš 1; P. Vachata 1,2
Authors place of work:
Neurochirurgická klinika Univerzity J. E. Purkyně, Masarykova nemocnice Krajské Zdravotní a. s., Ústí nad Labem
1; Lékařská fakulta v Plzni, Karlova Univerzita, Plzeň
2; Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně, Ústí nad Labem
3
Published in the journal:
Cesk Slov Neurol N 2026; 89(2): 93-101
Category:
Přehledný referát
doi:
https://doi.org/10.48095/cccsnn202693
Summary
Instrumented motion analysis is a method more and more often encountered in world literature with regards to objective gait analysis. Although it is a very modern and potentially beneficial method, it is burdened by its complexity, which results in its misunderstanding and infrequent use. Furthermore, there is a paucity of literature reviewing its individual components and summarizing gait characteristics in specific pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. Spine pathologies are amongst the most common diagnoses affecting physiological gait, making them a common target for motion analysis. Although in some cases we can recognize specific motion patterns of individual spine diagnoses at first glance, alteration of specific components of the gait cycle can only be determined via instrumented gait analysis. The following review aims to familiarize clinicians with this method, as they encounter patients presenting with spine pathologies on a daily basis. The first section introduces the basic of gait physiology including the gait cycle and its components. The second section describes the individual components of instrumented motion analysis and the tools it uses. Finally, it concludes by describing motion patterns of the most common spine pathologies, which are based on patient analysis in the authors` own laboratory complemented by a review of world literature.
Keywords:
Spine – gait – degeneration – motion analysis – gait cycle – instrumented measurement
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Dětská neurologie Neurochirurgie NeurologieČlánek vyšel v časopise
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