terminal stance

Question 1

describe the hip in terminal stance

Answer 1

hip is in full extension and external rotation.

Continued eccentric iliopsoas

Question 2

what is the knee doing in terminal stance?

Answer 2

knee is moving toward full extension at toe off.

Question 3

describe the ankle during terminal stance

Answer 3

pronation moving toward supination. maximum dorsiflexion (15*)

Question 4

muscle acting during terminal stance

Answer 4

eccentric iliopsoas.

ankle plantar flexors (concetric to get the body to keep moving forward)

Question 5

problems during terminal stance

Answer 5

trendelenburg sign 
exessive lumbar lordosis/forward trunk lean. 
trunk lurches backward during terminal stance (passive flexion of hip , hip flexor weakness)
genu recurvatum
flexed knee (pain, contracture, hamstring spasticity)
lack of ankle dorsiflexion
weak plantar flexors
excessive pronation (weak invertors, rearfoot valgus/forefoot varus)