CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 47, no. 3, 2021

Complexity of Gait Angle Measurements at the Ankle Joint During Midstance in Patients with Osteoarthritis

[Original Paper]

C. Statescu(1), B.I. Gavrila(2), A. Deaconu(3), R.M. Traistaru(4), T.A. Balseanu(1)


(1)Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(2)Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Romania,
(3)Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(4)Faculty of Midwives and Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania


Abstract:

The evolution of rehabilitation treatments can be quantified through goniometric measurements. Thus, a video goniometer, and an app-based goniometry program can be both useful and a reliable method of obtaining a data base through which we can see if a certain rehabilitation treatment works out for our patients and during times such as the Covid-19 pandemic, a telemedicine approach can be done. Midstance is a sub-moment of the gait pattern, important in the stability of the lower limb, but that can also direct us towards a patient prone to falls. Osteoarthritis is a disease that causes high disability because of the cellular degradation that also affects normal gait. Four groups of subjects: subjects suffering from hip osteoarthritis, knee osteoarthritis, hip and knee osteoarthritis and control group, have been filmed and recorded their midstance joint range of motion in the Angles App. The dominant limb has been proven to have a more extended ankle in the hip osteoarthritis group, compared to knee osteoarthritis, hip and knee osteoarthritis or control group. Females have presented a more extended ankle, wearing high heels for a long period of time can be the cause of that. Subjects with knee osteoarthritis have presented a more flexed ankle in the dominant limb compared to the ones suffering from hip and knee osteoarthritis or control group. The ankle joint can also have its range of motion measured with a video goniometer, helping us compare results in between sessions of rehabilitation in osteoarthritic patients.


Keywords: Goniometer, telemedicine, covid-19, video assessment, osteoarthritis.



Corresponding: Carmen Statescu, phD Student, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, e-mail: statescu.carmen@gmail.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.47.03.10 - Download PDF
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