Gait Part 1

Question 1

What functional task of gait?
–unload the leg and advance it forward–goals
•foot clearance
•limb advancement

Answer 1

Swing leg advancement

Question 2

Which functional tasks have –impaired in patients with hemiparesis

Answer 2

Single leg advancement

Weight acceptance

Question 3

Which functional task has
–goals
•stability
•forward progression

Answer 3

Single leg support

Question 4

Which functional task has 
–goals
•forward progression
•stability
•shock absorption

Answer 4

weight acceptance

Question 5

Which functional task is the most difficult task of gait?

Answer 5

weight acceptance

Question 6

What are the two temporal measurements?

Answer 6

speed

cadence

Question 7

Typical adult male cadence

Answer 7

111 steps/min

Question 8

typical adult female cadence

Answer 8

121 steps/minute

Question 9

is cadence a good measure of gait quality by itself?

Answer 9

no,

•can have a normal cadence with a very small step length and speed (eg Parkinson’s patients)

Question 10

what 2 categories of speed are there?

Answer 10

normal

fast

Question 11

what is the speed of the average adult male?

Answer 11

1.36 m/sec

Question 12

What is the speed of an average adult female?

Answer 12

1.32 m/sec

Question 13

what distance measure is
–the sagittal plane distance from initial contact to the next
ipsilateral initial contact

Answer 13

Stride length

Question 14

what distance measure is
–the sagittal plane distance from initial contact to the next
contralateral initial contact

Answer 14

step length

Question 15

what distance measure is
–the frontal plane distance
between initial contact points

Answer 15

step width

Question 16

what distance measure is

–the angle of the foot relative tothe sagittal plane

Answer 16

toe out

Question 17

average adult male stride length

Answer 17

1.48 meters

Question 18

average adult female stride length

Answer 18

1.32 meters

Question 19

what is one of the most sensitive measure of the quality of gait

Answer 19

speed

Question 20

A speed cut off of ____ predicts future health problems

Answer 20

0.6 m/s

Question 21

normal step width?

Answer 21

8 centimeters

Question 22

average toe out angle

Answer 22

7˚

Question 23

equation to find speed?

Answer 23

speed = stride length x (0.5) cadence

Question 24

speed and stride length decrease at age

Answer 24

70 years old

Question 25

how does cadence remain throughout age?

Answer 25

cadence remains the same

Question 26

how does stride length change throughout age

Answer 26

stride length slowly decreases

Question 27

What two factors affect stride length, speed, and cadence?

Answer 27

Height

Gender

Question 28

What are the 3 functional tasks of gait

Answer 28

Weight acceptance
Single leg support
Swing limb advancement