Do clinical assessments, steady-state or daily-life gait characteristics predict falls in ambulatory chronic stroke survivors?
Michiel Punt, Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Harriet Wittink, Ingrid G. van de Port, Jaap H. van Dieën
Institute of movement studies,, Hogeschool Utrecht, 3584 JW Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: michiel.punt@hu.nl
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2234
Lay Abstract
Can we identify stroke survivors with increased fall risk based on how they walk?
A large group of stroke survivors fall frequently. These falls can have devastating consequences like broken hips or even death. Identifying stroke survivors with increased fall risk is an important first step in preventing falls. Therefore we investigated if we can improve current used fall risk assessments by examining how stable stroke survivors walk. Our results show that assessing how stable a stroke survivor walks improves current used fall risk assessment.
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