par Bertuit, Jeanne 
;Rooze, Marcel ;Feipel, Véronique
Référence Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, 17, 2, page (93-101)
Publication Publié, 2015
;Rooze, Marcel ;Feipel, Véronique Référence Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, 17, 2, page (93-101)
Publication Publié, 2015
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Purpose: The objective of this study was to describe spatial and temporal parameters during gait in pregnant women, and to compare it with women in post-partum and with a control group. Methods: To investigate alteration in natural locomotion, we used an electronic walkway (GAITRite system). Fifty-eight pregnant women (four last months of pregnancy), nine post-partum women and twenty-three healthy nulligravidae women participated in this study. The women performed the motor task at three different speeds: preferred, fast and slow. Spatial and temporal parameters for pregnant and non-pregnant were compared.Results: In pregnant women, gait speed, step length and cadence were reduced. Consequently, cycle time was longer. The gait cycle was modified by an increase of stance phase and a decrease of swing phase. As a result, an increase of double support and a decrease of single support phases were observed. Step width increased by 15%. |
