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Analysis of gait patterns in normal school-aged children
S R Menkveld1, E A Knipstein, J R Quinn
1Department of Pediatrics, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
The continuing development of gait in 60 children aged 7-16 years was studied with plantar surface-attached transducers to describe the time pressure profiles of foot segments during stance. Decreased pronation/supination of the subtalar and midtarsal joints was shown by simultaneous onset and simultaneous peak on medial and lateral heel sensors. The resultant midstance showed a rapid lateral-to-medial loading of the forefoot. The foot-flat position with decreased rotation about the longitudinal axis of the foot persists even after the temporal parameters of gait attain mature values.