GAIT ANALYSIS IN AMBULATORY CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY USING A TRI-AXIAL ACCELEROMETER

Background: Worldwide children's walking disabilities that are caused mainly by cerebral palsy display multiple conditions of both permanent and non-developing motor dysfunction that in turn upsets posture, mobility, or muscle tone in general. In order to estimate the influence of instrumented gait analysis on the walking ability in cerebral palsied children the Dynaport Minimod, based on a tri-axial accelerometer was employed. Material/Methods: A Dynaport Minimod was used for collecting the spatial and temporal gait data. An evaluation of the gait data carried out via online services application for 80 children with cerebral palsies from April 1st, 2018 to October 30th, 2019. Results: The Dynaport Minimod is capable of capturing most of the spatiotemporal gait parameters which indicate that this technique is quite cooperative and objective in the detection of gait changes and the evaluation of consequences, respectively. Conclusions: The most useful practice for the managing of children with cerebral palsy is a gait analysis system in which its clinical utilization is considered to be a developing technology especially in providing guidance to service planning centres and hospitals.