Can Gait Deviation Index (GDI) be an Early Indicator for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?

Three-dimensional gait analysis is used to identify gait deviation in children with autism. However, interpretation of 3D gait data is complex leading to the development of gait indices to conclude the overall data. Gait Deviation Index (GDI) provides an intuitive overall representation of gait kine...

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Published inInternational Information Institute (Tokyo). Information Vol. 20; no. 9A; pp. 6351 - 6360
Main Authors Zakaria, Nur Khalidah, Syaiful, Lusiana, Mustafah, Nadia Mohd, Manaf, Haidzir, Ismail, Marina, Jamil, Nursuriati
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Koganei International Information Institute 01.09.2017
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Autism
Cerebral palsy
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Children
Clinical outcomes
Deviation
Gait
Hemophilia
Kinematics
Pediatrics
Preschool children
Rheumatoid arthritis
Statistical analysis
Studies
Three dimensional analysis
Walking
Malaysia
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Summary:Three-dimensional gait analysis is used to identify gait deviation in children with autism. However, interpretation of 3D gait data is complex leading to the development of gait indices to conclude the overall data. Gait Deviation Index (GDI) provides an intuitive overall representation of gait kinematics and is more sensitive to treatment outcomes. However, GDI has never been used to measure gait deviation in autism children. This study investigates the use of GDI on 30 typically developed children and ten autism children. GDI and GDI-Kinetic scores of the participants' lower limb were computed. Descriptive statistical analysis on the maximum and minimum angles of each joint was also reported. The study concludes that GDI has a potential use as an indicator tool for gait deviation of ASD children compared to GDI-Kinetic.
ISSN:1343-4500
1344-8994