Author(s)

Carlos Díaz Novo, Micaela González Castillo, Juan Bentos Dupuy, Maximiliano Vespa Correa, Martín Machado López, Felipe Gorla Gargano

Biomedical Engineering Program, Technological University of Uruguay, UTEC, Fray Bentos, Uruguay.

Introduction: gait analysis of a subject with total hip replacement is described. Objective: instrumental gait analysis of a subject 12 years after the total hip arthroplasty. Materials and Methods: in a movement analysis laboratory, locomotion studies were carried out at freely chosen walking speed by a 64-year-old subject, obtaining kinematic, kinetic and surface electromyographic data in time and space. All measurements were assessments by applying walking protocols on a straight surface of 8 m long. Results: abnormal slight activations of semitendinosus and tibialis anterior muscles, of the left limb, were observed throughout the gait cycle, no spatiotemporal parameters far from normal values were detected. Conclusions: it was possible to obtain an exhaustive analysis of the parameters associated with the gait of a subject after 12 years of total hip arthroplasty.

Total Hip Arthroplasty, Kinetics, Kinematics, Surface Electromyography, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Pathological

Novo, C. , Castillo, M. , Dupuy, J. , Correa, M. , López, M. and Gargano, F. (2022) Gait Analysis of a Subject with Total Hip Arthroplasty. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 10, 135-143. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2022.1010010.