Postoperative gait analysis and hip muscle strength in patients with pelvic ring fracture

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• 作者：Masafumi Kubota ; Kenzo Uchida ; Yasuo Kokubo ; Seiichiro Shimada ; Hideaki Matsuo ; Takafumi Yayama ; Tsuyoshi Miyazaki ; Daisuke Sugita ; Shuji Watanabe ; Hisatoshi Baba
• 关键词：Pelvic ring fractures ; Surgery ; Gait analysis ; Muscle strength ; Hip abduction moment
• 刊名：Gait and Posture
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：38
• 期：3
• 页码：385-390
• 全文大小：544 K

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The aims of present study were (1) to determine changes in kinematic and kinetic variables at 3 and 12 months after open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of pelvic ring fracture and (2) to determine the factor(s) associated with gait disorders that correlate with gait parameters measured at 12 months after surgery. Nineteen patients with pelvic ring fractures underwent ORIF and examined at 3 and 12 months postoperatively. The study also included a similar number of age-matched control subjects. Peak hip abduction angle, peak hip extension moment in the stance, peak hip abduction moment, and peak ankle plantarflexion moment at 3 months after ORIF were significantly lower than the respective control values. At 12 months, complete recovery was noted in peak hip abduction moment and peak ankle plantarflexion moment, whereas the recovery in peak hip abduction angle and peak hip extension moment in the stance was partial. The existence of neurological lesions and strength asymmetry of hip abductor and adductor at 3 months post-ORIF correlated with decreased peak hip abduction moment after ORIF. Our results highlighted characteristic gait patterns up to 12 months after ORIF for pelvic fracture, and these patterns correlated with neurological lesion and weakness of hip abductor and adductor muscles.