Gait Analysis

Question 1

Define kinetic gait anaylsis

Answer 1

study of forces generated during movement

Question 2

Define kinematic gait analysis

Answer 2

study of motion irrespective of masses or forces

Question 3

Which of the following is true?
A. Stance phase is when foot is in the air and swing phase is foot in contact with ground
B. Kinematic studies evaluate ground reaction force
C. Normal dogs have greater propulsion in the forelimbs and braking in the pelvic limbs
D. A steeper slope on a force curve represents a more rapid loading rate

Answer 3

D true

A false
B Kinetic
C Braking at beginning of stance phase, more in the forelimbs

Question 4

Which of the following is true for kinematic gait analysis?
A. The greatest degree of skin movement present at stifle and hip joint on pelvic limb
B. Parallax error occurs when subject moves out of calibrated plane of motion
C. There is increased joint range of motion during treadmill-based gait
D. Fourier anaylsis is the most recent way to look at waveforms

Answer 4

A true
B Perspective error = calibrated
Parallax is moving away from optical axis of camera
C. DECREASED ROM on treadmill
D. Fourier= commonly used; generalized indicator function analysis = more recent

Question 5

Trure/false? Forward dynamics is the use of available kinematic and kinetic data for the indirect calculation of forces and moments

Answer 5

False: Inverse dynamics