Yuya Mawarikado, Asuka Sakata, Yusuke Inagaki, Suguru Harada, Kohei Tatsumi, Naoki Matsumoto, Kenichi Ogiwara, Koji Yada, Yasushi Yoshimura, Akira Kido, Yasuhito Tanaka, Midori Shima, Keiji Nogami
BACKGROUND: Joint damage in patients with haemophilia (PwH) is commonly assessed by imaging, but few reports have described how structural changes in joints, for example, haemophilic arthropathy (HA)-affect gait ability. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated gait function among PwH with HA, PwH without HA, and people without haemophilia (non-PwH) using a Zebris FDM-T treadmill (FDM-T), an easy-to-use gait assessment instrument with a force sensor matrix. METHODS: The following gait parameters were collected: centre of pressure trajectory intersection (COPi) anterior/posterior variability, COPi lateral variability, COPi anterior/posterior symmetry, COPi lateral symmetry, single-limb support line (SLSL) length, and SLSL variability...
March 20, 2024: Haemophilia: the Official Journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia