Treadmill perturbations to quantify stretch reflexes during gait in children with cerebral palsy

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Treadmill perturbations to quantify stretch reflexes during gait in children with cerebral palsy

Abstract (2017)

Author(s)

Lizeth Sloot (Harvard University, Amsterdam UMC)

Eline Flux (Amsterdam UMC)

Annemieke Buizer (Amsterdam UMC)

J. Harlaar (Amsterdam UMC, TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Marjolein van der Krogt (Amsterdam UMC)

Department

Biomechanical Engineering

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.07.018 Final published version

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Publication Year

2017

Language

English

Department

Biomechanical Engineering

Pages (from-to)

21-22

Event

26th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC 2017) (2017-09-06 - 2017-09-09), Trondheim, Norway

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Abstract

Spasticity, i.e. exaggerated velocity-dependent stretch reflex activity, is one of the key impairments in neurological diseases, but its effect on gait is unclear [1]. To quantify spastic reflexes during gait, ankle rotations have been applied by mechanical devices [2,3], but these are cumbersome and can affect gait. Recently, it has been shown that treadmill accelerations can be used to evoke stretch reflexes during gait in the calf muscles of healthy adults [4]. However, the applicability of this approach in children and in patients with neurological diseases has yet to be demonstrated.