Wspó dzia anie ruchu stawu kolanowego i stopy w lokomocji dzieci z pora eniem mózgowym

Cerebral palsy (CP) in children is a group of disorders, which afflicts many children; about 50 thousand of these children live in Poland. The most frequent CP symptom is gait pathology of neurological and developmental basis. Biomechanical tests shall determine the objective gait parameters in children with CP and their changes during the rehabilitation process. The analysis presented in this paper is a three-dimensional kinematic movement analysis, in which digital cameras and Simi Motion system, as well as infrared cameras and BTS Smart system were used. The article includes test results of three children with CP, walking independently and a properly walking child from the Rehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry Centre in Mikoszów. Standard rehabilitation was increased by exercises on mechanical horse, which supplement natural hippoterapy. Angular displacement of the right and left knee joint cooperating with the movement of right and left foot with the division into swing and support phase has been chosen for the characteristics of the children's locomotion. On the basis of performed experiments, a significant improvement in the gait of one child was stated, in case of the second child the process was much slower and weaker, and the third child did not change the gait correctness. The executed examination is of diagnostic meaning. Kinematic analysis of locomotion in children allows identifying the improvement or deterioration of gait in children in the process of rehabilitation, and it can advise the doctor and physiotherapist, what to focus on, in order to consciously improve and establish gait habits in children.