Elissa Embrechts: A Small But Meaningful Step Towards Better Fall Risk Prediction in Stroke Rehabilitation
Elissa Embrechts, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FWO) at the University of Antwerp and Vrije University Brussel, shared on LinkedIn about a recent article she and her colleagues co-authored, published in Gait and Posture, adding:
”Happy to share that our new paper ‘Upper body kinematics during walking and their relationship to fall risk after stroke’ just got published in Gait and Posture!
We looked at upper body kinematics during walking and their link to fall risk after stroke.
Using 3D motion capture data from 50 people with stroke, we found that those at high fall risk showed greater spinal flexion, more ‘en bloc’ thoraco-pelvic movement, and larger frontal plane head angles; even after correcting for age and walking speed.
Walking speed alone was already a strong predictor of fall risk status (AUC 0.83), but adding maximal spinal flexion angle improved specificity from 75% to 88% (AUC 0.87), meaning fewer people at low risk get unnecessarily flagged.
Small but meaningful step towards better fall risk prediction in stroke rehabilitation.
Big thanks to my two amazing co-authors Ann Hallemans and Tamaya Van Criekinge.”
Title: Upper body kinematics during walking and their relationship to fall risk after stroke
Authors: Elissa Embrechts, Ann Hallemans, Tamaya Van Criekinge
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