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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 7-9 |
Quantitative gait analysis following hemispherotomy for Rasmussen's encephalitis
Santhosh George Thomas1, Judy Ann David2, Suranjan Bhattacharji2, Roy Thomas Daniel1
1 Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Correspondence Address:
Roy Thomas Daniel
Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.31998
Peri-insular hemispherotomy is a form of disconnective hemispherectomy involving complete disconnection of all ascending / descending and commisural connections of one hemisphere. We report a case of a seven and a half year old child with intractable epilepsy due to Rasmussen's encephalitis who underwent peri-insular hemispherotomy and achieved complete freedom from seizures. Quantitative gait analysis was used to describe the changes in the kinematic and kinetic parameters of gait with surface electromyographs 18 months after surgery. The focus of this paper is to highlight the utility of gait analysis following hemispherotomy with a view to directing postsurgical motor training and rehabilitation.
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