Avril Mansfield: Does Walking Asymmetry After Stroke Increase the Risk of Lateral Instability and Falls?
Avril Mansfield, Senior Scientist at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, shared on LinkedIn about a recent article she and her colleagues co-authored, adding:
”People who have had a stroke often walk asymmetrically, but provided they can walk fast enough and long enough to complete daily activities, does it matter?
One possible problem is that asymmetry is related to lateral instability.
Rowan Staines looked at the relationship between gait asymmetry and lateral instability in people with sub-acute stroke.
She found that people who walked asymmetrically tended to be more unstable towards their less affected side, increasing the risk of losing balance and falling to that side.
Our previous research found that people who have had a stroke are also less able to take reactive steps with the more affected side, so falling toward the less affected side could be particularly challenging for recovering balance and avoiding falling.”
Title: The relationship between gait asymmetry and stability in people with sub-acute stroke
Authors: Rowan Staines, Kara Patterson, David Jagroop, Elizabeth Inness, Avril Mansfield
Read the Full Article on medRxiv
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