Gait with light and heavy fracture bandages on the lower leg

Autor:	Erik Jansen, H. H. Thyssen, Steen Hellberg, Tommy K. Larsen
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	Orthodontics medicine.medical_specialty Heel business.industry Work (physics) Biophysics Biomechanics Preferred walking speed Gait (human) medicine.anatomical_structure Fracture fixation Physical therapy Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Ground reaction force business Bandage
Zdroj:	Clinical Biomechanics. 2:165-167
ISSN:	0268-0033
DOI:	10.1016/0268-0033(87)90009-x
Popis:	Using an instrumented treadmill which measured ground reaction forces, ten normal subjects were tested wearing conventional plaster-of-Paris bandages on the lower leg and lightweight crus-plastic bandages. Two different types of heels were also tested. From calculation of gait parameters it was found that the free walking speed was lowest with a conventional bandage with heel. The external work of gait was lowest with the lightweight bandage. Ataxia was least while wearing the lightweight bandage. The lightweight bandage is preferable from a biomechanical point of view, in accordance with the opinion of the subjects.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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