Gait analysis in pediatric lower extremity amputees.
Walking function in 56 children with lower extremity amputations was assessed using a questionnaire and gait analysis. Children with prosthetic lower extremities can be very functional in society, often participating in sports. Limitations are proportional to the extent of the missing limbs. As a group, pediatric amputees walk more slowly than their normal peers with a slower cadence and a longer stride length. Pediatric amputees have higher heart rates when walking than normal children, but they seem willing to pay a higher physiologic price for ambulation.
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Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, San Francisco, California.
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Skinner
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D000293:Adolescent; D000674:Amputees / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005684:Gait; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology*