MMB [057] The walking cycle Flashcards
How is Body Weight transmitted from the vertebral column to the illum ?
How the body wheight carried when sitting ?
How the body wheight carried to the knee when standing ?
-How is body weight transmitted from lateral femoral condyle to the foot ?
- how does the line of gravity pass through talus bone to the ground ?
Why foot of the young child appears flat ?
Explain Heel contact of Stance phase
Explain Foot-flat of Stance phase
Explain Midstance of Stance phase
Explain Heel-off of Stance phase
Another name for Toe-off of Stance phase ?
Pre-swing
Explain Toe off of Swing phase
At the time of toe-off, the hip and knee joints are flexed and the ankle joint is dorsiflexed; these actions of the joints help to raise the foot more from the ground
Explain Mid-swing (Acceleration) of Swing phase
This is followed by propelling of the leg forwards through extension of the knee and swinging of the pelvis
Explain Terminal swing (Deceleration) of Swing phase
- is there double support in running ?
-is there heel strike in running ?
A unique feature of children gait at heel-strike ?
Early gait is jerky, unsteady and wide-based with a flexed knee at heel-strike.
Muscles ?
Muscles ?
Causes of a positive Trendelenburg’s sign ?
• Superior gluteal nerve - weakness After poliomyelitis
• Non-union or fractured neck of femur (or joint pathology)
• Avulsion of gluteus Medius and Minimus Insertion
• Nerve root neuropathy (L5)
What’s Pes Plannus ?
What’s Pes Cavus ?
A common cause of Pes Cavus ?
ii)overactive peroneus longus, which produces hyperplantar flexion of 1st metatarsal
Common causes of Foot drop ?
Explain Romberg’s test