Clinical gait analysis may provide objectivity in lumbar degenerative disease treatment
By Admin | February 28, 2026
Key takeaways:
- Clinical gait analysis may objectively measure preoperative disability associated with lumbar degenerative disease.
- Gait analysis may also improve postoperative function measurements after lumbar decompression.
Results showed clinical gait analysis may provide surgeons with an objective measure to assess preoperative disability associated with lumbar degenerative disease and early postoperative function following lumbar decompression surgery.
“Most surgical outcomes these days are radiographic, which are very accurate, but they are static. Or they are based on patient-reported outcomes, which are subjective,” Ram Haddas, PhD, MBA, assistant professor in the departments of orthopedics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, told Healio about data he presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting. “Adding functional outcomes like gait analysis with these very accurate sensors gives you objective measurements...(More)
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