Basic sciences
1 Basic sciences All voluntary movement, including walking, results from a complicated process involving the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, bones and joints. Before considering in detail the process…
Methods of gait analysis
4 Methods of gait analysis Walking is often impaired by neurological and musculoskeletal pathology and is one of the health domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health…
Normal gait
2 Normal gait In order to understand pathological gait, it is necessary first to understand normal gait, since this provides the standard against which the gait of a patient can…
Pathological and other abnormal gaits
3 Pathological and other abnormal gaits Although some variability is present in normal gait, particularly in the use of the muscles, there is an identifiable ‘normal pattern’ of walking and…
Gait assessment of neurological disorders
6 Gait assessment of neurological disorders The aim of this chapter is to provide examples of how gait analysis can be used to determine the severity, progression and the efficacy…
Gait analysis in musculoskeletal conditions, prosthetics and orthotics
7 Gait analysis in musculoskeletal conditions, prosthetics and orthotics The aim of this chapter is to provide examples of how gait analysis can be used to determine the severity of…
Applications of gait analysis
5 Applications of gait analysis The aim of this chapter is to provide a broad overview of some of the ways in which gait analysis is used, particularly in a…
Person-environment-occupation models
4 Person-environment-occupation models Chapter contents PERSON-ENVIRONMENT-OCCUPATION-PERFORMANCE (PEOP) MODEL 90 Main concepts and definitions of terms 90 Intrinsic and extrinsic factors 92 Historical description of model’s development 95 Summary 97 Memory…
Occupational performance and adaptation models
3 Occupational performance and adaptation models Chapter contents OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE MODEL 50 Main concepts and definitions of terms 51 Intervention 53 Historical description of model’s development 57 Occupational therapy practice…
Canadian model of occupational performance and engagement
5 Canadian model of occupational performance and engagement Chapter contents Major concepts and definitions of terms 117 Occupational engagement and client-centred practice 120 Canadian Practice Process Framework and Canadian Model…
