Instrumented Gait Analysis reveals Deficits in Gait Stability in Chronic Vestibular Loss: JAMA
Regaining the ability to walk safely is a high priority for adults with vestibular loss. However, adults with chronic vestibular loss usually have clinically and functionally meaningful gait deficits. This has been observed by a group of researchers from the Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The study has been published in the JAMA Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery.
To assess vestibulopathic gait, practitioners need comprehensive knowledge to design, provide, and/or interpret outcomes of interventions. To date, literature suggests few studies that have characterized the effects of vestibular loss on gait.
Therefore, Colin R. Grove and associates recently conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the use of an instrumented 2-minute walk test in adults with vestibular loss, to further characterize vestibulopathic gait, and to assess whether those with chronic vestibular loss have enduring gait deficits.
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