Energy Expenditure during Gait in Adults with Cerebral Palsy.

, Park, Eun Sook; , Park, Chang il; , Cho, Sung Rae; , Chang, Hyun Jung

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2004;28(6):537-541.

Park, Eun Sook , Park, Chang il , Cho, Sung Rae , Chang, Hyun Jung

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. jjang_75@hanmail.net

성인 뇌성마비에서 보행시 에너지 소모량 평가

박은숙, 박창일, 조성래, 장현정

연세대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실 및 재활의학연구소

Abstract

Objective
To investigate the oxygen consumption and temporospatial data according to types of cerebral palsy (CP) and to offer the basic information about the energy expenditure during gait in adults with CP.
Method
Thirty-six adults with CP (11 spastic diplegia, 10 spastic hemiplegia, 15 athetoid type) and 24 healthy subjects were participated in this study. The parameters of energy expenditure were evaluated by KB1-C Oxymeter and temporospatial parameters during 8 meter walking were collected using Vicon 370 motion analyzer.
Results
Single support time was significantly decreased and double support time was significantly increased in CP spastic diplegia, compared with controls (p＜0.05). Oxygen rate and oxygen cost were significantly higher in CP spastic diplegia than CP atheoid or controls.
Conclusion
We could identify that oxygen consumption and temporospatial data of CP spastic diplegia was significantly different from athetoid or normal controls. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2004; 28: 537-541)

Key Words: Cerebral palsy, Energy expenditure, Temporospatial data