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TThe
text is broken down into six sections as follows: I- Fundamentals
which is divided into 3 chapters: 1, Gait Cycle; 2, Phases of gait;
3, Basic Functions. Section II, Normal Gait, covers chapters 4 to
9: 4, Ankle-Foot Complex; 5, Knee; 6, Hip; 7, Head, Trunk, and Pelvis;
8, Arm; 9, Total Limb Function and Bilateral Synergistic Relationships.
Section III, Pathological Gait, is from chapter 10 to 14: 10, Pathological
Mechanisms; 11, Ankle and Foot Gait Deviations; 12, Knee Gait Deviations;
13, Hip Gait Deviations; 14, Trunk and Pelvis Gait Deviations.
Clinical
Considerations are discussed in Section IV: Chapter 15, Examples
of Pathologic Gait; 16, Pediatric Gait Analysis. Section V is for
Advanced Locomotor Function in chapter 17, Stair Negotiation an
in 18, Running.
In section VI Quantified Gait Analysis is presented: Chapter 19,
Gait Analysis Systems; 20, Motion Analysis; 21, Muscle Control and
Dynamic Electromyography; 22, Kinetics of Gait: Ground Reaction;
Forces, Vectors, Moments, Power, and Pressure; 23, Stride Analysis;
24, Energy Expenditure.
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