title: Three-dimensional lower extremity joint kinetics in normal pediatric gait.
abstract: Gait analysis is becoming a more integral part of the decision-making process in treatment of children with neuromuscular problems. A normal reference, however, must be available for comparison when one makes decisions. We wished to develop a normal pediatric database for joint kinematics and kinetics which could then be used as a reference for clinical gait analysis. Thirty-one normal children underwent a complete gait analysis including calculations of three-dimensional joint kinematics and kinetics. The pediatric data were similar to that of normal adults.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Newington Children's Hospital, CT 06111.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ounpuu
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gage
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005684:Gait; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values