Quantitative analysis of gait in Parkinson patients: increased variability of stride length.
Analysis of the spatio-temporal and kinematic parameters of locomotion recorded in 21 parkinsonian patients compared to 58 normal elderly subjects showed significant differences in all the recorded parameters. However the relationship between these parameters was preserved, as was the basic locomotor pattern. The variability of stride length, more marked in parkinsonian patients, increased as a function of the clinical stages of Hoehn and Yahr. This index could be useful in assessing the course of the disease in patients.
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Clinique des maladies du système nerveux et de l'appareil locomoteur CHU Timone, Marseille, France.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking