The weightbearing shoulder.
To determine the effect of the swing-through crutch-walking gait on shoulder degeneration, 20 shoulders were examined in ten patients who had used the swing-through gait for a mean of 8.7 years. No degenerative changes were found in the 20 examined shoulders either clinically or radiographically. A special X-ray view was determined to assess potential degenerative changes. The patients showed a mean increase in the forearm bone density as a result of their crutch-walking gait.
D000328:Adult; D003446:Crutches; D003720:Densitometry; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology