Lecture 7

Question 1

what is gait analysis

Answer 1

• study of human locomtion
• walking, running, skipping, jumping
• walking is a series of gait cycles
• a basic necessity in activities of daily living

Question 2

what is stance

Answer 2

reference limb in contact with the ground

Question 3

what is swing

Answer 3

reference limb not in contact with the ground

Question 4

what is single support

Answer 4

only one foot in contact wih the floor

Question 5

what is double support

Answer 5

both feet in contact with the floor

Question 6

What is involved in a gait cycle

Answer 6

• standing phase

- swing phase

Question 7

what happens during a stands phase

Answer 7

double support-- weight acceptance 
single support- single limb support 
--- this is 60% of the gait
1 initial contact - heel strike0%
2 loading response- foot fully flat on the ground 10%
3 midstance leg fully vertical 30%
4 terminal stance: hell comes off the ground 50%
5 pre swing: toe off 60%

Question 8

what happens during a swing phase

Answer 8

double support- limb advancement
single support- limb advancement
— this is 40% of the gait
1 intial swing- accleration of limb forward 75%
2 midswing: swing limb overtakes limb in stance 80%
3 terminal swing: deceleratin of limb to accept weight with inital contact 100

Question 9

what is stride length

Answer 9

-single sequence of fx by one limb
-begins when reference foot contact the ground
-ends with subsequent floor contact of the same foot
(this is two steps)
**what to see the whole things too look at injury

Question 10

what is step length

Answer 10

• distance between points of heel contact of the opposit feet
• Rt step length =Lt step length ( in normal gait)
• *this is how we can tell if there is a limp or not

Question 11

what is walking base

Answer 11

side to side distance between the line of the two feet

• also know as stride width
• • this helps tell if there is a balance problem or waddling

Question 12

what are cadence

Answer 12

this is the number of steps per min

Question 13

Look at

Answer 13

page 2, 3, 4 slide of 7 the whole thing!! many helpful pictures