Clinical Gait Analysis Flashcards
Clinical Gait Analysis combines? To? Is used in conjunction with? Can be used to?
- Combines several forms of analysis to evaluate gait pathology and establish intervention plans.
- Is used in conjunction with clinical assessment when establishing treatment plans
- Can be used to evaluate outcome of intervention
Most Gait Analysis Studies include? (5)
- Observational analysis
- Temporal-Spatial Analysis
- Kinematic analysis
- Kinetic Analysis
- Electromyographic analysis
Temporal-Spatial Analysis Measures? Can be obtained with? (3)
- the timing and linear measurements of gait
- foot switches,
- some motion systems,
- gait mats such as the GAITRite
Kinematic analysis is study of? Kinetic anaylsis? Electromyographic analysis?
- Study of motion, needs 2-D or 3-D motion analysis systems
- Study of the forces, needs a force plate
- Dynamic EMG performed during gait, Needs EMG unit
Movement / Kinematic Descriptors - Position = ? Motion? It occurs in? We cannot determine what? Displacement refers to?
- Position: Location of an object in space
- Motion: Change in position
- Motion: Occurs in Space and Time.
- We cannot determine if an object has moved unless we compare its position at one point in time to another.
- Displacement: Refers to the spatial element of motion, the change in location.
Linear motion refers to? (2) Angular motion? (2) When motion occurs in more than one plane it is referred to as? In human motion the body segments undergo? (2)
- Linear motion refers to the equivalent displacement in space of all parts of the object.
>> Translation
- Angular motion refers to the non-equivalent displacement or rotation of part of the object
>> Rotation
- When motion occurs in more than one plane it is referred to as general motion or 3-Dimensional Motion
- Human motion which is 3-dimensional the body segments undergo both linear and angular motion
How are the kinematics of gait most often plotted? What else is frequently used?
- Motion (ROM on Y axis) is most often plotted against time (on the x axis) with the events of the gait cycle known to occur at specific times or percentages
- Frequently angle-angle curves are also frequently used with one joint or segment plotted against the other.
Why is an angle-angle diagram used?
At times however because human movement is based on the rotation of body segments in relation to one another an Angle-Angle diagram is used
What does this show?
Sag plane pelvic tilt
What does this show?
Frontal plane pelvic obliquity
What does this show?
Transverse plane pelvic rotation
What does this show?
Sag plane hip flx/ext
What does this show?
Frontal plane hip ab/add
What does this show?
Transverse plane hip rotation
What does this show?
Sagittal Plane motion of knee flx/ext
What does this show?
Frontal plane knee ab/add
What does this show?
Transverse plane knee rotation
What does this show?
Sagital plane motion of ankle DF/PF