Assessing dynamic stability in children with idiopathic toe walking during overground walking
Children with idiopathic toe walking continue to use an immature, falling forward movement strategy to maintain forward momentum. It is probable that those children adopted toe walking behavior to support increased energy absorption during the initial fall. Furthermore, the addition of dynamic stability measures not only provides insight into their ability to balance, these measures also allow an understanding of the plausible strategies adopted during walking and could potentially improve diagnosis and quantification of therapeutic outcomes.
Authors
- Navrag B. Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8074-041X)
- Elke Viehweger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6639-4557)
- Morgan Sangeux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-5090)
- Michèle Widmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0550-7887)
- Michelle Gwerder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4484-9244)
- Olivia Schären
Institutions
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Technologies pour la Santé (FR)
- University Children’s Hospital Basel (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Biomechanics
- Published
- 2025-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2025.106468
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung