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- Title
Comparison of below-knee amputee gait performed overground and on a motorized treadmill.
- Authors
Button, Chris; Moyle, Stuart; Davids, Keith
- Abstract
There has been no direct attempt to evaluate whether gait performed overground and on a treadmill is the same for lower limb amputees. A multiple case study approach was adopted to explore the degenerate movement behavior displayed by three male amputees. Participants walked overground at a self-selected preferred pace and when this speed was enforced on a treadmill (50 stride cycles per condition). The extremities of motion (i.e., maximum flexion) for the hip and knee joints differed between conditions (0.2-3.8 degrees). For two participants, the temporal asymmetry of gait was reduced on the treadmill. Initial data suggest that research on amputees simulating overground walking on a treadmill might need to be interpreted with some caution.
- Publication
Adapted physical activity quarterly : APAQ, 2010, Vol 27, Issue 2, p96
- ISSN
0736-5829
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1123/apaq.27.2.96