Gait Flashcards
Circumspection gait indicates
Weak hip and knee flexors
What is equinus gait
Excessive plantarflexion
Medial T strap corrects for
Valgus
What is the average mean cadence
113 steps/minute
What do metatarsal pads allow for
More pushoff
What do solid ankle AFOs do
Allow no movement
Excessive hip and knee flexion in swing indicates what at the ankle
Weak dorsiflexors
Knee hyperextension in stance indicates ——- in the ankle
Plantarflexion contracture
What is initial contact
The instant that the foot of the lead extremity strokes the ground
Spring assist AFOs help with
Dorsiflexion
What does medial wedge control
Calcaneal eversion
What do Free motion AFOs do
Provide mediolateral stability that allows free motion in DF/PF
Milwaukee orthosis description
One anterior, two posterior uprights
For weak glut med, what side is the lateral trunk bending to
Bending toward the weakness (Trendelenberg)
Craig-Scott KAFO is used for people with
Paraplegia
What motions does the Jewett TLSO limit and promote
Limits flexion, encourages hyperextension
What does cushion heel do
More pushoff I’m weak or inflexible feet
Lateral trunk bending in stance indicates
Weak gluteus medius
Backward trunk lean in stance phase indicates
Weak glut max
What is foot slap
When the foot makes floor contact with an audible slap
Medial wedge is prescribed for
Forefoot varus
What is foot flat
When the sole of the foot makes contact with the ground
Limited hip flexion in stance indicates
Weak hip flexors
Tight extensors
What is midstsnce
The point which full body weight is taken by the support limb
What does scaphoid pad do
Supports longitudinal arch
The Jewett is used for
Compression fractures of the spine
Hip hiking in gait indicates
Weak hip and knee flexors
Heel lifts accommodate for
Leg length discrepancy
Limited hip extension in stance indicates
Spastic hip flexors
Posterior lead spring helps with
Preventing drop foot
When toes contact first, what is indicated in the ankle
Weak DF
Tight PFs
Equinovarus is what motion at the ankle
Inversion
What muscle primarily controls hip hiking
Quadratus lumborum
the Milwaukee orthosis controls
Scoliosis
What signifies the beginning of stance phase
Heel strike
Excessive hip flexion in stance indicates
Weak hip extensors
Tight hip/knee flexors
What does Thomas Heel do
Supports longitudinal arch and correct flexible pes valgus
What contracture are present with forward trunk lean in stance
Hip flexion
Knee flexion
Forward trunk lean in stance indicates
Weak quadriceps
What does the Toronto orthosis do and who is it used for
Abducted the hip
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
Abnormal synergistic activity (stroke) results in
Hip abduction
Hip/knee extension
PF
What is pes valgus
Pronation
What is the Boston TLSO used for
Spondylolisthesis
Conditions of severe trunk weakness
