The Development of Mature Walking

by David Sutherland, Richard Olshen, Edmund Biden, Marilynn Wyatt

Overview

This important monograph summarizes a comprehensive study on the maturation of walking in normal children. Data are presented on anthropometric measurements; tests of developmental progress; time/distance parameters such as stride length and walking velocity; twelve joint angles on each side measured throughout the gait cycle; dynamic electromyography of phasic activity in seven lower-extremity muscle groups; and force measurements including vertical force, fore/aft shear, medial/lateral shear and torque. At each age, composite joint-angle graphs and time/distance parameters are brought together with film tracings of a representative child in that age group. In addition, advanced methods of statistical analysis have been applied to the joint-angle data to define prediction regions within which ninety-five percent of normal children should lie throughout the gait cycle. Finally, a 'decision tree' is presented from which a fitted age can be inferred for a subject based on non-age-specific data gathered in a motion analysis lab. Practical applications are demonstrated in a chapter devoted to two case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521412216
Publisher:	MacKeith Press
Publication date:	05/31/1991
Series:	Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press) , #104
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Martin Bax; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 3. Modeling and prediction regions for motion data; 4. Study plan; 5. Anthropometric measurements and developmental screening; 6. Time/distance parameters by age; 7. Joint angles and film tracings; 8. Dynamic electromyography by age; 9. Force-plate values by age; 10. Age and gait; 11. Relationship between neural development and walking; 12. Relevance to clinical practice; 13. Future directions; Appendices; References; Acknowledgements; Index.