Gait Analysis in Patients with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Including Sagittal Pelvic Motion

Abstract

Winter's Classfication is a very useful method for evaluating gait analysis data in patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, but sometimes classification is not possible. We therefore evaluated. 12 patients with spastic hemiplagia secondary to cerebral palsy by using gait analysis system including sagittal pelvic motion. Two patients indicated limitation of hip extension in the terminal stance, and sagittal pelvic motion analysis showed increased range of motion. Of four patients with no limitation of hip extension, two patients indicated increased range of motion in pelvic tilt. These four patients with increased pelvic tilt range of motion seem to have spasticity in the hip flexoers that induce pelvic anterior tilt due to hip extention.