Gait

Question 1

Circumspection gait indicates

Answer 1

Weak hip and knee flexors

Question 2

What is equinus gait

Answer 2

Excessive plantarflexion

Question 3

Medial T strap corrects for

Answer 3

Valgus

Question 4

What is the average mean cadence

Answer 4

113 steps/minute

Question 5

What do metatarsal pads allow for

Answer 5

More pushoff

Question 6

What do solid ankle AFOs do

Answer 6

Allow no movement

Question 7

Excessive hip and knee flexion in swing indicates what at the ankle

Answer 7

Weak dorsiflexors

Question 8

Knee hyperextension in stance indicates ——- in the ankle

Answer 8

Plantarflexion contracture

Question 9

What is initial contact

Answer 9

The instant that the foot of the lead extremity strokes the ground

Question 10

Spring assist AFOs help with

Answer 10

Dorsiflexion

Question 11

What does medial wedge control

Answer 11

Calcaneal eversion

Question 12

What do Free motion AFOs do

Answer 12

Provide mediolateral stability that allows free motion in DF/PF

Question 13

Milwaukee orthosis description

Answer 13

One anterior, two posterior uprights

Question 14

For weak glut med, what side is the lateral trunk bending to

Answer 14

Bending toward the weakness (Trendelenberg)

Question 15

Craig-Scott KAFO is used for people with

Answer 15

Paraplegia

Question 16

What motions does the Jewett TLSO limit and promote

Answer 16

Limits flexion, encourages hyperextension

Question 17

What does cushion heel do

Answer 17

More pushoff I’m weak or inflexible feet

Question 18

Lateral trunk bending in stance indicates

Answer 18

Weak gluteus medius

Question 19

Backward trunk lean in stance phase indicates

Answer 19

Weak glut max

Question 20

What is foot slap

Answer 20

When the foot makes floor contact with an audible slap

Question 21

Medial wedge is prescribed for

Answer 21

Forefoot varus

Question 22

What is foot flat

Answer 22

When the sole of the foot makes contact with the ground

Question 23

Limited hip flexion in stance indicates

Answer 23

Weak hip flexors

Tight extensors

Question 24

What is midstsnce

Answer 24

The point which full body weight is taken by the support limb

Question 25

What does scaphoid pad do

Answer 25

Supports longitudinal arch

Question 26

The Jewett is used for

Answer 26

Compression fractures of the spine

Question 27

Hip hiking in gait indicates

Answer 27

Weak hip and knee flexors

Question 28

Heel lifts accommodate for

Answer 28

Leg length discrepancy

Question 29

Limited hip extension in stance indicates

Answer 29

Spastic hip flexors

Question 30

Posterior lead spring helps with

Answer 30

Preventing drop foot

Question 31

When toes contact first, what is indicated in the ankle

Answer 31

Weak DF

Tight PFs

Question 32

Equinovarus is what motion at the ankle

Answer 32

Inversion

Question 33

What muscle primarily controls hip hiking

Answer 33

Quadratus lumborum

Question 34

the Milwaukee orthosis controls

Answer 34

Scoliosis

Question 35

What signifies the beginning of stance phase

Answer 35

Heel strike

Question 36

Excessive hip flexion in stance indicates

Answer 36

Weak hip extensors

Tight hip/knee flexors

Question 37

What does Thomas Heel do

Answer 37

Supports longitudinal arch and correct flexible pes valgus

Question 38

What contracture are present with forward trunk lean in stance

Answer 38

Hip flexion

Knee flexion

Question 39

Forward trunk lean in stance indicates

Answer 39

Weak quadriceps

Question 40

What does the Toronto orthosis do and who is it used for

Answer 40

Abducted the hip

Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

Question 41

Abnormal synergistic activity (stroke) results in

Answer 41

Hip abduction
Hip/knee extension
PF

Question 42

What is pes valgus

Answer 42

Pronation

Question 43

What is the Boston TLSO used for

Answer 43

Spondylolisthesis

Conditions of severe trunk weakness