title: Initiation of gait in normal subjects: a preliminary study.
abstract: The initiation of gait, from standing at rest to the toe-off of the second leg, was analysed in 15 normal subjects wearing shoes. Thirty-two parameters were identified and measured. The pattern of forces, angular movement and timing in this period are described and analysed. Two groups, one of 8 female subjects and another of 7 males, were compared statistically. Sex-related differences were found in the mediolateral and vertical forces as well as in which leg was the first to leave the ground. The values of all the parameters are given, as part of a database to be used in the future for diagnostic and assessment purposes in orthopaedics.
authors.affiliation: Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nissan
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Whittle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000502:physiology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors