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| What two phases of walking are you in double stance? |
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Loading Response
Preswing |
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| What are the Phases of stance? |
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Initial Contact, Loading Response, Midstance, Terminal Stance, Preswing
I Like My Tea Pre-Sweetened |
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| What are the phases of Swing? |
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Definition
Initial Swing, Midswing, Terminal Swing
In My Teapot |
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| What percentage of the gait cycle are you in stance? |
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Definition
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| What percentage of the Gait cycle are you in swing? |
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| Trendelenburg Gait is due to weakness of what muscle? |
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Definition
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| Steppage Gait is due to weakness of what muscle? |
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| Scissoring Gait is due to spasticity of what muscles? |
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| Pronation of the foot causes |
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Definition
Flattened arch due to weakness of tibialis posterior
Genu Valgum
Anterior placement of greater trochanter
Anterior sacral torsion due to pull from piriformis |
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| Supination of the foot causes |
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Definition
High arch due to inversion sprain
Posterior fibular head
Pulls on hamstrings, causing posterior innominate
Pulls on opposite quadratus lumborum which attaches to 12th rib |
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Definition
| Locomotion using two alternating limbs for both propulsion and support |
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| Portion of gait beginning with the initial contact of one foot and eding with the initial contact of the other foot |
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| Portion of gait beginning with the initial contact of one foot and ending with the initial contact of the same foot (2 steps) |
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Definition
| Portion of gait where foot is in contact with the ground |
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Term
| Double-Stance (double support) |
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Definition
| portion of gait where both feet are in contact with the ground |
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Definition
| Portion of gait where foot is off the ground |
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| Number of steps in a given time (usually 1 min) |
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Distance travelled in a given time (usually 1 min)
(Stride Length x cadence) / 120 |
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Term
| what is the avg walking speed? |
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Definition
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| Base of support (stride width, walking base) |
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Definition
| Distance between the feet during gait, measured either at the back of the heel or at the center of the ankle mortise |
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| What is the normal base of support? |
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| Base of support nears zero when? |
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| 5 cm anterior to S2 vertebra |
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| Center of Gravity > Base of Support |
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| What percentage of your gait cycle is in double stance? |
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| The moment when the heel first hits the floor |
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| What are the actions occuring in initial contact? |
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Definition
Hip flexed
Knee Extended
Ankle Neutral |
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| weight is being transferred to limb as foot rolls into full contact with the floor |
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| Body is advancing forward and ends when the heel lifts off the ground |
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| Ankle dorsiflexes while hip and knee extend |
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| Body continues to advance over the forefoot while the other limb is in terminal swing. Begins when heel lifts off the ground, ends when other limb has initial contact. |
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Term
| Actions in Terminal Stance |
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Definition
| Ankle is being pushed further into dorsiflexion |
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Term
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| Weight is transferring to other limb which is in loading response |
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Term
| When one leg is in Preswing what phase is the other limb in? |
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Definition
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Term
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| Ankle shifts to plantar flexion |
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| Begins as toe comes off floor, ends as foot is directly next to other foot |
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| Hip and Knee flexing to accelerate limb forward |
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| Begins as foot is directly next to other foot, ends when tibia is vertical |
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Hip continues to flex
Knee begins to extend
Ankle is dorsiflexing |
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| Begins when tibia is vertical, ends with initial contact of the foot |
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| Actions in Terminal Swing |
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Definition
Ankle is dorsiflexed passively
Limb decelerates |
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Term
| What occurs in Trendelenburg Gait? |
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Definition
| COG shifts over affected hip to prevent falling |
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| What is characteristic of Steppage Gait? |
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Definition
| Slapping sound of foot hitting the floor because foot cannot clear the floor properly and increased knee and hip flexion are used to compensate |
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Term
| What patients tend to have scissoring gait? |
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Definition
Cerebral Palsy
Stroke
Upper motor Neuron injury |
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| Describe characteristic findings in scissoring gait |
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Definition
Base of support is decreased to almost zero
Patients are prone to falling
During swing phase, limb is pulled across midline |
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