Gait and Posture Analysis
CHAPTER 6 Gait and Posture Analysis CHAPTER OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: Summarize the various components of the gait cycle. Apply the…
Improving Cardiovascular Endurance
CHAPTER 15 Improving Cardiovascular Endurance CHAPTER OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: Explain the importance of cardiovascular endurance in the overall health of…
Neurodynamic Mobility and Mobilizations
CHAPTER 11 Neurodynamic Mobility and Mobilizations CHAPTER OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: Summarize the various types of neurodynamic examination and mobilization techniques….
Improving Neuromuscular Control
CHAPTER 14 Improving Neuromuscular Control CHAPTER OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: Define the components of neuromuscular control. Describe ways in which neuromuscular…
Vertebral Artery
CHAPTER 24 Vertebral Artery CHAPTER OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: Describe the anatomy and distribution of the vertebral artery. Describe the four…
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…
