Gait Patterns in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Background: Clinical manifestations of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) are usually progressive. Gait in patients with HSP is impaired and leads to functional deteriorations. Aim of this study is to evaluate these gait deviations by using instrumented three-dimensional gait analysis. Patients: Gait characteristics of twenty-four patients with a mean age of 19.5 years have been studied using three-dimensional instrumented gait analysis. Typical findings of spastic gait disorders in kinematics, kinetics and time-distance parameters were recorded. Seven out of twenty-four patients (5 males, 2 females) with a mea…