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Article Dans Une Revue Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité Année : 2017

Urban legends in gait analysis

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Impaired gait patterns are often compared to that of a group of able-bodied subjects. This latter group usually forms a gold standard. Variability in able-bodied gait parameters could reflect different normal locomotion patterns. Furthermore, a lack of statistical difference between patient data and control subjects can hide a perturbed gait pattern. This review on normal gait patterns discusses three well-accepted hypotheses, which can be called into question. These are that we all walk alike, gait is symmetrical and propulsion comes from the foot at push-off. This diversity in normal able-bodied locomotion patterns suggests different movement strategies making it difficult for an eventual comparison with pathological gait conditions. © 2017 ACAPS, EDP Sciences.

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hal-03028123 , version 1 (27-11-2020)

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Paul Allard, Sebastien Leteneur, Eric Watelain, Mickaël Begon. Urban legends in gait analysis. Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité, 2017, 98, pp.5-11. ⟨10.1051/sm/2017003⟩. ⟨hal-03028123⟩
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