Gait Analysis of Normal and Rheumatoid Arthritis Studies
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Authors
Skutt, Victoria M. (Vicki)
Issue Date
1983
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
The activity of walking is so familiar that one seldom
realizes the complexity involved in taking just one step.
The stride analyzer is one component of a gait lab that
describes the foot's activity in the walking sequence. The
system quantifies many gait parameters and records foot-floor
contact patterns. Physical Therapists use this system to
evaluate patients' gait problems and to record improvement
after treatment, shoes, or orthopedics. One population
seen frequently in the department is women who suffer from
gait abnormalities due to rheumatoid arthritis involvement
in their feet. Prompted by articles which describe rheumatic
gait to be abnormal with prolonged heel contact, this study
began in attempts to contrast the gait patterns of women with
rheumatoid arthritis to the gait patterns of normal women.
Comparisons are made in walking velocity, cadence, stride length, and foot-floor contact times.
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