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The mechanics behind gait problems in patients with Dravet Syndrome.
Gait & Posture 2020 December 32
BACKGROUND: Dravet Syndrome (DS) is a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy starting in infancy and characterised by treatment resistant epilepsy with cognitive impairment and progressive motor dysfunction. Walking becomes markedly impaired with age, but the mechanical nature of gait problems remains unclear.
RESEARCH QUESTION: What are the kinetic strategies characterised in gait of patients with DS?
METHODS: This case-control study compared 41 patients with DS aged 5.2-26.1 years (19 female, 22 male) to 41 typically developing (TD) peers. Three dimensional gait analysis (VICON) was performed to obtain spatiotemporal parameters, kinematics and kinetics during barefoot, level walking at self-selected walking velocity. The sagittal plane support moment was analysed using Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM). Three DS subgroups were identified based on differences in kinetic strategies characterised by the net internal knee joint moments and trunk lean. Kinematic and kinetic time profiles of the subgroups were compared to the TD group (SPM t-test). Clinical characteristics from physical examination and parental anamnesis were compared between DS (sub)groups using non-parametric tests (Kruskal-Wallis, Wilcoxon rank-sum, Fisher's exact).
RESULTS: Support moments in stance were significantly increased in the DS group compared to TD and strongly related to minimum knee flexion in midstance. Persistent internal knee extension moments during stance were detected in a subgroup of 27 % of the patients. A second subgroup of 34 % showed forward trunk lean and attained internal knee flexion moments. The remaining 39 % had neutral or backward trunk lean with internal knee flexion moments. Subgroups differed significantly in age and functional mobility.
SIGNIFICANCE: Inefficient kinetic patterns suggested that increased muscle effort was needed to control lower limb stability. Three distinct kinetic strategies that underly kinematic deviations were identified. Clinical evaluation of gait should pay attention to knee angles, trunk lean and support moments.
RESEARCH QUESTION: What are the kinetic strategies characterised in gait of patients with DS?
METHODS: This case-control study compared 41 patients with DS aged 5.2-26.1 years (19 female, 22 male) to 41 typically developing (TD) peers. Three dimensional gait analysis (VICON) was performed to obtain spatiotemporal parameters, kinematics and kinetics during barefoot, level walking at self-selected walking velocity. The sagittal plane support moment was analysed using Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM). Three DS subgroups were identified based on differences in kinetic strategies characterised by the net internal knee joint moments and trunk lean. Kinematic and kinetic time profiles of the subgroups were compared to the TD group (SPM t-test). Clinical characteristics from physical examination and parental anamnesis were compared between DS (sub)groups using non-parametric tests (Kruskal-Wallis, Wilcoxon rank-sum, Fisher's exact).
RESULTS: Support moments in stance were significantly increased in the DS group compared to TD and strongly related to minimum knee flexion in midstance. Persistent internal knee extension moments during stance were detected in a subgroup of 27 % of the patients. A second subgroup of 34 % showed forward trunk lean and attained internal knee flexion moments. The remaining 39 % had neutral or backward trunk lean with internal knee flexion moments. Subgroups differed significantly in age and functional mobility.
SIGNIFICANCE: Inefficient kinetic patterns suggested that increased muscle effort was needed to control lower limb stability. Three distinct kinetic strategies that underly kinematic deviations were identified. Clinical evaluation of gait should pay attention to knee angles, trunk lean and support moments.
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