Examination of the duration of gait initiation by use of an electrogoniometer
| Autor: | AJ Bell, John Gormley, J Ravey, DA Barr, Rab Mollan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Rehabilitation Biophysics Knee angle STRIDE Effect of gait parameters on energetic cost Direct measure Gait (human) Physical medicine and rehabilitation Duration (music) Physical therapy medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Gait initiation Gait pattern human activities Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Gait & Posture. 1:85-91 |
| ISSN: | 0966-6362 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0966-6362(93)90019-w |
| Popis: | This paper describes a series of experiments that examine the duration of the initiation of gait. In all, 30 subjects participated in the experiments. Information about the gait pattern of each subject was obtained by the use of electrogoniometers attached across both knee joints. These provided a direct measure of knee angle versus time, from which a value of stride rate was mathematically derived. This measurement of stride rate was used to identify the step at which gait initiation was completed as defined by the attainment of a constant value for stride rate. This was found to vary amongst subjects with a mode value of five steps and a range between two and 11 steps. |
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