Gait And Movement Analysis Flashcards
Circumduction in swing
- Hip flexor weakness
- DF weakness
INITIAL CONTACT at hip, knee, ankle
Hip = 20 degrees flexion (extensors act to prevent trunk flexion) Knee = 5 degrees flexion (to absorb shock) Ankle = 0
MIDSTANCE at hip, knee, ankle
Hip = 0 (abductors stabilizing pelvis) Knee = 5 degrees flexion (quads then passive) Ankle = 5 degrees dorsiflexion
Spasticity, PF contracture, or absent proprioception affects foot placement + without BBS <43/56, severe spasticity, or absent proprioception
Articulating AFO PF stop
Absent heel rise in mid- and terminal stance
PF weakness
Limited hip extension in mid- and terminal stance
- Hip flexor contracture/spasticity
- Hip extensor weakness
Excessive PF in mid- and terminal stance
- PF contracture
- PF spasticity
- Quad weakness
Excessive knee buckling
- Quad weakness
- Hamstring spasticity
MIDSWING at hip, knee, ankle
Hip = 25 degrees flexion Knee = 25 degrees flexion Ankle = 0
Excessive knee flexion/buckling mid- and terminal stance
- Hamstring contracture/spasticity
- Quads weakness
- Excessive DF
- Knee pain
Past-retract in swing
- Impaired motor control (unable to extend knee with hip flexed)
- Compensation to achieve knee stability during loading response
No spasticity, PF contracture, or absent proprioception affects foot placement
Articulated AFO with/without DF assist stop/assist
INITIAL SWING at hip, knee, ankle
Hip = 15 degrees flexion Knee = 60 degrees flexion Ankle = 5 degrees plantarflexion
Early heel rise in mid-stance
- PF spasticity
- Heel pain
- Excessive knee flexion
Hip hiking in swing
- Compensation of lack of knee flex/ankle DF