The effect of bodyweight supported treadmill therapy program on the gait asymmetry in patients after lower limb arthroplasty

Abstrakt

Limitation of the lower limb mobility leads, as a result of the conscious or unconscious compensation to avoid pain, to a disturbance of the gait pattern. A noticeable deviation of gait cycle parameters is manifested by significant asymmetry between the injured and non-injured limbs.

Inadequate or insufficient rehabilitation can lead to the persistence of asymmetry causing other musculoskeletal problems. It is assumed that the body-weight supported treadmill rehabilitation program is capable of effective gait symmetry restoration in patients recovering after lower limb surgery.

Klíčová slova

• Body weight supported treadmill therapy
• Antigravity treadmill
• Gait asymmetry
• Symmetry index
• Gait parameters
• Stance time
• Swing time
• Step length
• Step time
• Arthroplasty
• Lower limb arthroplasty
• Gait deviation