gaits

Question 1

-when one is supporting themselves=heel strike, foot strike, toe off

Answer 1

stance phase

60%

Question 2

-when one’s leg is swinging = early swing, late swing

Answer 2

swing phase

40%

Question 3

muscles for acceleration of thigh

Answer 3

iliopsoas
rectus femoris (can tear off ASIS, origin in sprinters)

Question 4

muscles for deceleration

Answer 4

hamstrings

-pulled by athletes who decel quick, kick via pulling muscle from isch tub

Question 5

muscles of heel strike

L5

Answer 5

• dorsiflexor (ant tib group)

- quads: absorb energy as knee goes into 5* flx, keeps knee from buckling

Question 6

muscles of foot strike

Answer 6

abductors: hold body up
plantar flexors
triceps surae (gastroc, soleus, plantaris), push body fwd

Question 7

muscles of toe off

S1

Answer 7

quads: contract

plantar flexors: push body ahead

Question 8

propulsion/festinating/shuffling gait

Answer 8

parkinsons: fwd leaning posture with small, shuffeling steps

Question 9

scissor gait

Answer 9

CP: knees cross midline while walking

Question 10

waddling gait

Answer 10

muscular dystrophy

Question 11

steppage gait

Answer 11

ant compartment syndrome, foot drop, L4 lesion/paresis of tib ant

Question 12

trendelenburg

Answer 12

weak glut meds causing lurching, drastic pelvic tilting on affected side

Question 13

slappage/sensory ataxia gait

Answer 13

post column dz, difficulty walking in dark

Question 14

circumduction/hemiplegic gait

Answer 14

stroke, swinging, unilateral, spastic hemiplegia

Question 15

spastic gait

Answer 15

UMNL

Question 16

antalgic lait (disc)

Answer 16

gait utilized to avoid provoking pain

Question 17

drunken/motor ataxic gait

Answer 17

wide based (cerebellum)