Gait 1

Question 1

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle of IC?

Answer 1

Hip: 20 degrees flexion (extensors
Knee: 0-5 degrees flexion (Quads)
Ankle: 0 degrees (pretibials)

Question 2

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle during LR?

Answer 2

Hip: 20 degrees flexion (Extensors, ABD)
Knee: 15 degrees flexion (Quads)
Ankle: 5 degrees PF (pretibials)

Question 3

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle during MSt?

Answer 3

Hip: 0 degrees (ABD)
Knee: 5 degrees flexion (quiet quads)
Ankle: 5 degrees DF (gastroc/ soleus)

Question 4

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle during TSt?

Answer 4

Hip: 20 degrees extension
Knee: 5 degrees flexion
Ankle: 10 degrees DF (gastroc/ coleus)

Question 5

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle during PSw?

Answer 5

Hip: 10 degrees extension (ADD)
Knee: 40 degrees flexion
Ankle: 15 Degrees PF

Question 6

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle during ISw

Answer 6

Hip: 15 degrees flexion (flexors)
Knee: 60 degrees flexion (flexors)
Ankle: 5 degrees PF (pretibials)

Question 7

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle during MSw

Answer 7

Hip: 25 degrees flexion (flexors)
Knee: 25 degrees flexion (flexors)
Ankle: 0 degrees DF (pretibials)

Question 8

Describe the ROM happening at the hip, knee, and ankle during TSw?

Answer 8

Hip: 20 degrees flexion (extensors)
Knee: 5 degrees flexion (quads)
Ankle: 0 degrees DF Pretibials

Question 9

What phases of gait happen in weight acceptance?

Answer 9

initial contact and loading response

Question 10

What phases of gait happen in single limb support?

Answer 10

mid stance and terminal stance

Question 11

What phases of gait happen in swing limb advancement?

Answer 11

pre-swing, initial, mid, and terminal swing

Question 12

What is Stance Time?

Answer 12

amount of time spent in stance phase

Question 13

What is stride time?

Answer 13

time for full gait cycle, usually around 1 sec for healthy adults

Question 14

What is step time?

Answer 14

time for completion of a right or left step

Question 15

What is cadence and what is normal for males and females?

Answer 15

number of steps per minute (step rate)
males= 111
females= 121

Question 16

What are the 3 functional tasks of gait?

Answer 16

weight acceptance, single limb support, swing limb advancement

Question 17

What does weight acceptance provide functionally?

Answer 17

stability (preventing collapse)
shock absorption
forward progression

Question 18

What does single limb advancement provide functionally?

Answer 18

stability (balance)
forward progression

Question 19

What does swing limb advancement provide functionally?

Answer 19

foot clearance
limb advancement

Question 20

What are the temporal descriptors of gait?

Answer 20

Stance time
stride time
step time
cadence

Question 21

What are the spatial descriptors of gait?

Answer 21

step length
stride length
degree of toe-out
step width

Question 22

Step width

Answer 22

lateral distance between heel centers of 2 consecutive foot contacts
average= 3.5 in (9cm)

Question 23

Step Length

Answer 23

distance between two successive heel contact of two different feet

Question 24

Stride length and what is normal

Answer 24

distance between two successive heel contacts of the same foot
males= 1.48m
females= 1.32m

Question 25

Degree of toe out and what is normal

Answer 25

angle between line of progression of body and line intersection the center of heel to the 2nd toe
normal= 5-7 degrees

Question 26

Gait Cycle and different components of it

Answer 26

IC of one heel to IC of the same heel
2 periods of dual limb support (20%), 1 period of single limb support (80%)
stance phase = 60%
swing phase = 40%