Interventions Improve Gait Regularity in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy While Walking on an Irregular Surface Under Low Light
dc.contributor.author | Richardson, James K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thies, Sibylle B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | DeMott, Trina K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ashton-Miller, James A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-01T15:20:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-01T15:20:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Richardson, James K.; Thies, Sibylle B.; DeMott, Trina K.; Ashton-Miller, James A. (2004). "Interventions Improve Gait Regularity in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy While Walking on an Irregular Surface Under Low Light." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 52(4): 510-515. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65823> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-8614 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1532-5415 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65823 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=15066064&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | To determine which, if any, of three inexpensive interventions improve gait regularity in patients with peripheral neuropathy (PN) while walking on an irregular surface under low-light conditions. Design : Observational. Setting : University of Michigan Biomechanics Research Laboratory. Participants : Forty-two patients with PN (20 women), mean age±standard deviation=64.5±9.7. Interventions : A straight cane, touch of a vertical surface, or semirigid ankle orthoses. Measurements : Step-width variability and range, step-time variability, and speed. Results : Subjects demonstrated significantly less step-width variability (mean=41.0±1.5, 36.9±1.6, 37.2±1.3, and 35.9±1.5 mm for baseline, cane, orthoses, and vertical surface, respectively; P< .0001) and range (182.7±7.4, 163.7±8.3, 164.3±7.4, 154.3±6.9 mm for baseline, cane, orthoses and vertical surface, respectively; P= .0006) with each of the interventions than under baseline conditions. Step-time variability significantly decreased with use of the orthoses and vertical surface but not the cane ( P= .0001). Use of a cane, but not orthoses or vertical surface, was associated with decreased speed (0.79±0.03, 0.73±0.03, 0.79±0.03, 0.80±0.03 m/s for baseline, cane, orthoses, and vertical surface, respectively; P= .0001). Conclusion : Older patients with PN demonstrate improved spatial and temporal measures of gait regularity with the use of a cane, ankle orthoses, or touch of a vertical surface while walking under challenging conditions. The decreased speed and stigma associated with the cane and uncertain availability of a vertical surface suggest that the ankle orthoses may be the most practical intervention. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Science Inc | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2004 by the American Geriatrics Society | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Neuropathy | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Gait | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Balance | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Orthoses | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Assistive Device | en_US |
dc.title | Interventions Improve Gait Regularity in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy While Walking on an Irregular Surface Under Low Light | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geriatrics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 15066064 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65823/1/j.1532-5415.2004.52155.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52155.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | en_US |
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