Medial-lateral centre of mass displacement and base of support are equally good predictors of metabolic cost in amputee walking

Weinert-Aplin, R, Twiste, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-3283, Jarvis, H, Bennett, A and Baker, RJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4759-4216 2017, 'Medial-lateral centre of mass displacement and base of support are equally good predictors of metabolic cost in amputee walking' , Gait & Posture, 51 , pp. 41-46.

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Abstract

Amputees are known to walk with greater metabolic cost than able-bodied individuals and establishing predictors of metabolic cost from kinematic measures, such as centre of mass (CoM) motion, during walking are important from a rehabilitative perspective, as they can provide quantifiable measures to target during gait rehabilitation in amputees. While it is known that vertical CoM motion poorly predicts metabolic cost, CoM motion in the medial-lateral (ML) and anterior-posterior directions have not been investigated in the context of gait efficiency in the amputee population. Therefore, the aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between CoM motion in all three directions of motion, base of support and walking speed, and the metabolic cost of walking in both able-bodied individuals and different levels of lower limb amputee. 37 individuals were recruited to form groups of controls, unilateral above- and below-knee, and bilateral above-knee amputees respectively. Full-body optical motion and oxygen consumption data were collected during walking at a self-selected speed. CoM position was taken as the mass-weighted average of all body segments and compared to each individual’s net non-dimensional metabolic cost. Base of support and ML CoM displacement were the strongest correlates to metabolic cost and the positive correlations suggest increased ML CoM displacement or Base of support will reduce walking efficiency. Rehabilitation protocols which indirectly reduce these indicators, rather than vertical CoM displacement will likely show improvements in amputee walking efficiency.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Health Sciences Research
Journal or Publication Title:	Gait & Posture
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0966-6362
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	Royal Society for Defence Medicine, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Depositing User:	Prof Richard Baker
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2016 10:43
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2022 21:21
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/40454

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