Gait Flashcards
The act of moving from one place to another
Locomotion
Difference between ambulation vs gait
Ambulation = act of walking Gait = style of walking
Saying for remembering how to use stairs with crutches
Up with the good, down with the bad
Gait speed necessary for household ambulator
10m/50s
Gait speed of limited community ambulator
10m/17-25 s
Gait speed necessary to cross street
10m/<7 sec
3 aspects of examining gait
- Consistency
- Efficiency
- Flexibility
1 measure of gait
Speed
Performance under different conditions
Flexibility
Rate of goal achievement
Consistency
4 stages of bone healing + time frame
- Hematoma formation - 72 hours
- Fibrocartilage formation - 2 weeks
- Pre-callus formation 3-10 weeks
- Remodeling and permanent callus 3-10 weeks
6 favorable contributing factors of bone healing
- Early mobilization
- Early weight bearing
- Age
- Nutrition
- Minimal ST damage
- Pt compliance
7 unfavorable contributing factors of bone healing
- Disease
- Vit deficiency
- OP/bone loss
- Disrupted vascular supply
- Infection
- Irradiated bone
- Corticosteroid use
What kind of device should a PWB pt use?
Bilateral
Most important thing to know post-surgery about a pt
WB status
6 hip disorders that require THR
- DJD
- RA
- Avascular necrosis
- Metabolic disorders
- Tumor
- Neurologic disorders
3 surgical approaches for THR
Posterolateral, lateral, anterolateral
Goal of gait training
Improving function, safety and independence
How does a sling on UE change gait?
Less trunk rotation
Therapist should stand to _________ side of pt
Affected
Therapists ___________ always faces pt
Trunk
What kind of BOS should a therapist have?
wide
What direction should pt go in if they lose balance?
Toward therapists well-stabilized body
2 gait training prevention interventions
- Short distances
2. Stand pivots