Normal Gait

Question 1

act of walking

Answer 1

Ambulation

Question 2

Floor contact, typically with heel. This is the initial
period of double support.

Answer 2

INITIAL CONTACT

Question 2

manner or style of walking

Answer 2

Gait

Question 3

Most fundamental unit of gait

Answer 3

Gait cycle

Question 3

Sequence of events taking place
between successive heel contacts
of the same foot

Answer 3

Stride

Question 4

The time when the heel of one foot touches the ground to the time it touches the ground again

Answer 4

Gait cycle

Question 5

Body weight transferring to limb and foot lowering to
floor

Answer 5

LOADING RESPONSE

Question 6

Begins at onset unilateral stance when opposite foot is
lifted through to when HAT is aligned over single
limb.

Answer 6

MIDSTANCE

Question 7

Heel rises, limb advances over forefoot & trunk moves
ahead of support limb with the limb now trailing in
extension.

Answer 7

TERMINAL STANCE

Question 8

Floor contact is onto metatarsal heads coinciding with
opposite foot making contact; ends with toe-off.

Answer 8

PRESWING

Question 9

Foot lifted, and knee flex to shorten limb and meet
demand to accelerate.

Answer 9

INITIAL SWING

Question 10

Limb now under and then anterior to HAT and
positioned almost directly opposite contralateral stance
limb; maximum knee flexion

Answer 10

MIDSWING

Question 11

Begins with tibia perpendicular to floor through full limb
advancement forward as limb decelerates for initial
contact

Answer 11

TERMINAL SWING

Question 12

Initial contact and loading response are primarily
responsible for weight acceptance

Answer 12

WEIGHT ACCEPTANCE

Question 13

Occurs at midstance and is the time when balance
during ambulation is most precarious

Answer 13

SINGLE LIMB SUPPORT

Question 14

Creates forward motion of the body and includes the
stance subphases of terminal stance and preswing.

Answer 14

LIMB ADVANCEMENT

Question 15

Distance between initial contact of one foot and initial
contact of that same foot again

Answer 15

STRIDE LENGTH

Question 16

Distance between the initial contact (measured at the
midpoint of the heel) of one foot to the initial contact
of the opposite foot.

Answer 16

STEP LENGTH

Question 17

Horizontal distance between the two feet, measured
from the midpoint of one heel to the midpoint of the
next heel contact.

Answer 17

STEP WIDTH

Question 18

Angle of progression is the angle formed between the
line or progression in a straight line and a line that
bisects the foot at the heel’s midpoint and runs
between the second and third toes

Answer 18

FOOT ANGLE

Question 19

Number of steps completed per unit of time, usually
given in steps per minute

Answer 19

CADENCE

Question 20

Rate of displacement

Answer 20

WALKING SPEED