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KMID : 0363320200410020194
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2020 Volume.41 No. 2 p.194 ~ p.203
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Change of Gait Pattern of Patients with Ataxic Gait by Cerebellar Infarction in Comparison to Corticospinal Tract Stroke Patients
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Chu Hong-Min
Lee Young-Ung
Kim Kwang-Ho
Lim Hyeon-Seo
Ryu Ho-Sun
Park Shin-Hyeok
Kim Cheol-Hyun
Sung Kang-Keyng
Lee Sang-Kwan
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to compare the gait patterns of cerebellar infarction patients with those of corticospinal tract stroke patients through a follow-up of patients with ataxic gait due to cerebellar infarction and corticospinal tract stroke.
Methods: We investigated two cases of patients with cerebellar infarction and two cases each of acute or chronic corticospinal tract stroke who were hospitalized at Wonkwang University Gawangju Medical Center from September 1, 2017 to February 15, 2020 based on medical records and gait analyses. The spatiotemporal gait parameters of each patient were measured three times at 2-week intervals except those of the chronic corticospinal tract stroke patients, which were measured twice at a 1-month interval.
Results: Spatiotemporal gait parameters, which include velocity, cadence, step length, stride length, and single support, were consistently increased in the cerebellar infarction patients in comparison to the corticospinal tract stroke patients. The stance phase was decreased in all the patients.
Conclusions: The cerebellar infarction patients’ gait spatiotemporal parameters were found to consistently improve. Moreover, gait analysis can be used to effectively measure improvement of ataxic gait.
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KEYWORD
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gait analysis, cerebellar infarction, spatiotemporal gait analysis
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