Gait Analysis and Gait Training in Patient With Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement

Gait Analysis and Gait Training in Subjects 1 Year After Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement by Means

The main objective of the present study is the evaluation of the kinematic parameters of gait and distribution of the load, recorded thruogh a sensorized treadmill, on lower limbs in patients at 1 year from Total Hip Replacement or Total Knee Replacement.

The secondary objective is to evaluate the effects of gait training with biofeedback by means of a sensorized treadmill in patients with asymmetry of the kinematic parameters of the step and of distribution of the load on the lower limbs.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 24
• 12 months after total hip or total knee replacement

Exclusion Criteria:

• impossibility to perform a walking test
• disabling cardiovascular and osteo-arthro-muscular problems that can impair walking tests
• central or peripheral neurological disorders that compromise the sensory-motor skills of the patient under examination and / or the degree of collaboration
• patients who have not signed informed consent