title: The Effects of Vibration on the Gait Pattern and Vibration Perception Threshold of Children With Idiopathic Toe Walking.
abstract: The effectiveness of idiopathic toe walking treatments is not conclusive. The study investigated the use of vibration as a therapeutic/treatment method for children with idiopathic toe walking. Fifteen children with idiopathic toe walking and 15 typically developing children, aged 4 to 10 years, completed the study. The study included a barefoot gait examination and a vibration perception threshold test before and after standing on a whole body vibration machine for 60 seconds. Temporal-spatial parameters were recorded along with HR32, a calculation designed to distinguish on aspects of the toe-walking pattern. No significant gait pattern differences were found between children with idiopathic toe walking and typically developing children after one bout of vibration intervention. HR32 was found to be a means to identify the toe-walking pattern (P < .001). Hypersensitivity to vibration of children with idiopathic toe walking was not found in the current study (P = .921).
authors.affiliation: National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan hfanchiang@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hsinchen Daniel
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Fanchiang
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geil
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Yu-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Yong Tai
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology*; D014034:Toes; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014732:Vibration; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: gait; idiopathic toe walking; vibration perception threshold