Tadeusz Bober, Andrzej Bugajski

Tadeusz Bober, Andrzej Bugajski – Normal gait and some aspects of gait pathology. Fizjoterapia Polska 2006; 6(4); 267-275

Abstract
The article is the short review of the fundamental aspects of human gait. The description is proposed of the movement structure of the lower extremities during a step and a stride, which is supplemented with relevant English terminology. Besides kinematics, some elements of gait kinetics are discussed, including muscle activity. Issues related to learning to walk by children and gait stability in the elderly are dealt with in separate paragraphs. The part of the review devoted to pathological gait contains mostly names of different types of gait. However, special attention is given in it to the locomotion in children with cerebral palsy, reflecting the fact that pathological gait is one of the significant symptoms of their illness. The review concludes with a presentation of available norms of gait useful in comparing and diagnosing pathologies.

Key words:
normal gait pattern, gait in children, gait in the elderly, gait pathology

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