Gait

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 Additional Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• antalgic gait
• circumduction
• equinovarus
• festination
• foot drop
• foot slap
• genu recurvatum
• high-step gait
• magnetic gait (magnetic feet)
• propulsion
• retropulsion (tendency to fall backward)
• scissoring
• Trendelenburg gait
• turn en bloc

Introduction

• Normal gait

• stance phase (60%)

• initial contact

• heel strike
• heel positioned well in front of toes of trailing foot
• 30% flexion at hip
• full extension of knees

• loading response

• foot flat on ground with 15 degrees plantar flexion
• 5-30 degrees flexion at hip
• 15 degrees flexion at knee

• mid-stance

• foot flat; full weight on foot
• neutral at ankle
• hip neutral
• full extension at knee

• terminal stance

• heel off ground
• prior to initial contact of leading (other) foot
• 10 degrees hyperextension of hip
• full extension at knee

• pre-swing

• heel off ground; metatarsals in contact with ground
• 20 degrees of plantar flexion at ankle
• leading foot in contact with ground
• heel of leading foot placed well in front of toes of trailing foot
• hip neutral
• 35 degrees flexion at knee

• swing phase (40%)

• initial swing

• foot off ground (trailing foot)
• 60 degrees flexion at knee
• 20 degrees flexion at hip
• 10 degrees plantar flexion at angle
• opposite ( lead) foot at mid-stance

• mid-swing

• foot becomes lead foot
• opposite foot at mid-stance becomes trailing foot
• 30 degrees flexion at hip
• 30-60 degress flexion at knee
• ankle is neutral

• terminal swing

• just prior to heel strike
• heel well foreward of trailing foot
• 30 degrees flexion at hip
• knee near fully extended
• ankle neutral

Additional Terms

• balance
• gait ataxia
• gait evaluation
• NIH Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT)

References

Gait Syllabus, Professional Staff Association, RLAMC, Downey, CA

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