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Introduction

Normal gait

stance phase (60%)
- initial contact
  - heel strike
  - heel positioned well in front of toes of trailing foot
  - 30% flexion at hip
  - full extension of knees
- loading response
  - foot flat on ground with 15 degrees plantar flexion
  - 5-30 degrees flexion at hip
  - 15 degrees flexion at knee
- mid-stance
  - foot flat; full weight on foot
  - neutral at ankle
  - hip neutral
  - full extension at knee
- terminal stance
  - heel off ground
  - prior to initial contact of leading (other) foot
  - 10 degrees hyperextension of hip
  - full extension at knee
- pre-swing
  - heel off ground; metatarsals in contact with ground
  - 20 degrees of plantar flexion at ankle
  - leading foot in contact with ground
  - heel of leading foot placed well in front of toes of trailing foot
  - hip neutral
  - 35 degrees flexion at knee
swing phase (40%)
- initial swing
  - foot off ground (trailing foot)
  - 60 degrees flexion at knee
  - 20 degrees flexion at hip
  - 10 degrees plantar flexion at angle
  - opposite (lead) foot at mid-stance
- mid-swing
  - foot becomes lead foot
  - opposite foot at mid-stance becomes trailing foot
  - 30 degrees flexion at hip
  - 30-60 degress flexion at knee
  - ankle is neutral
- terminal swing
  - just prior to heel strike
  - heel well foreward of trailing foot
  - 30 degrees flexion at hip
  - knee near fully extended
  - ankle neutral

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References

↑ Gait Syllabus, Professional Staff Association, RLAMC, Downey, CA
↑ Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
↑ Yogev-Seligmann G, Hausdorff JM, Giladi N. The role of executive function and attention in gait. Mov Disord. 2008 Feb 15;23(3):329-42; Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18058946

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