Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series IX Sciences of Human Kinetics (Jun 2020)
INDIVIDUALIZATION OF THE POST-TRAUMA RECOVERY PROCESS IN SPORT BY GAIT ANALYSIS – A CASE STUDY RESEARCH
Abstract
After trauma, it is important for a sportsman to return to the competition as soon as possible and at the highest functional level so most sport injuries require individualized rehabilitation approaches. In this context the development of a tool to analyze the functional progress of recovery process is becoming essential. In sports and rehabilitation the number and complexity of evaluation methods have increased dramatically, with the integration of non-invasive interdisciplinary investigation techniques. Our paper presents a case study regarding the correlations between the biomechanical parameters obtained by RSSCAN gait analysis before and after the application of an individualized kinetotherapeutic program. The main purpose was to demonstrate how the proposed method can be used like assessment and follow up tool permitting to individualize the frequency, intensity, time and type of rehabilitation exercises. By these innovative approaches we hope to increase the success rate in the trauma recovery and the improvement of the sports performance.
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