Computerized gait analysis in Legg Calvé Perthes disease—Analysis of the frontal plane

Pathological gait in children with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease and proposal for gait modification to decrease the hip joint loading

“…The limping has been previously described as antalgic [2], a Trendelenburg or Duchenne gait. The Trendelenburg gait is characterised by a pelvic drop on the unloaded side during single support stance while Duchenne gait is described as a trunk lean toward the stance limb with pelvis level or elevated on the unloaded side [3].…”

The 22nd Annual Meeting of Children's Orthopaedics 14 and 15 March 2008 in Berlin

“…As these children are completely normal concerning their central neuromotor function, an investigation of their assisted walking may help us in evaluating and optimizing treatment. In literature only a few studies has been done in this patient group until now (1,2). Therefore the aim of this case study is to look whether the kinematic and kinetic data of gait of children with AMC can add further information to the clinical routine measurements.…”

Correlation of functional outcome and X-ray findings after Perthes disease

“…Plasschaert et al studied the hip abductor function in adults treated for Perthes disease by investigating the peak abduction moment of the hip during maximal contraction in isokinetic dynamometry, the net adduction moment around the hip during gait by inverse dynamics and the moment of the hip abductors during gait by quantified and calibrated electromyography [8]. They found that poor clinical outcomes are correlated with inefficient hip abductor function and pain in these patients might be an additional intra-articular cause due to overload of the weak abductors.…”

“…Until now the functional effects on gait have almost been neglected. Besides our analysis of the movement patterns in the frontal plane [8] there is only one study evaluating the abductor function during gait after LCPD [9].…”