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SIAMOC position paper on gait analysis in clinical practice: General requirements, methods and appropriateness. Results of an Italian consensus conference
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier B.V., 2017.
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Abstract
- Gait analysis is recognized as a useful assessment tool in the field of human movement research. However, doubts remain on its real effectiveness as a clinical tool, i.e. on its capability to change the diagnostic-therapeutic practice. In particular, the conditions in which evidence of a favorable cost-benefit ratio is found and the methodology for properly conducting and interpreting the exam are not identified clearly. To provide guidelines for the use of Gait Analysis in the context of rehabilitation medicine, SIAMOC (the Italian Society of Clinical Movement Analysis) promoted a National Consensus Conference which was held in Bologna on September 14th, 2013. The resulting recommendations were the result of a three-stage process entailing i) the preparation of working documents on specific open issues, ii) the holding of the consensus meeting, and iii) the drafting of consensus statements by an external Jury. The statements were formulated based on scientific evidence or expertsâ opinion, when the quality/quantity of the relevant literature was deemed insufficient. The aim of this work is to disseminate the consensus statements. These are divided into 13 questions grouped in three areas of interest: 1) General requirements and management, 2) Methodological and instrumental issues, and 3) Scientific evidence and clinical appropriateness. SIAMOC hopes that this document will contribute to improve clinical practice and help promoting further research in the field.
- Subjects :
- 030506 rehabilitation
Kinematics
Operations research
Process (engineering)
Gait analysi
media_common.quotation_subject
Biophysics
Context (language use)
Amputation
Amputee
Brain injuries
Cerebral pulsy
Clinics
Consensus conference
EMG
Force plate
Gait analysis
Human movement
Stereophotogrammetry
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation
Brain injurie
Scientific evidence
NO
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Gait (human)
Jury
Humans
Medicine
Quality (business)
Gait
Biomechanical Phenomena
Italy
Movement Disorders
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Clinic
media_common
Medical education
business.industry
Kinematic
Work (electrical)
Biophysic
Position paper
0305 other medical science
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09666362
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5472edd574e1b50c6cb98d43785164fc