Sunday 4 June 2017

image Q. 52 - Walk the talk

Q.   Which phase of gait cycle would be affected in below patient?

a. Swing phase
b. Cadence
c. Stance phase
d. Speed




















































































































Answer -
a

The radiograph of the patient shows unilateral. hip pathology and must be painful on that side. Thus stance phase of the affected extremity would be reduced during gait to avoid weight bearing in that limb due to pain. The resultant gait , thus would be painful or antalgic gait.

Cadence is number of steps per minutes and that too would be affected due to painful walking as well as the speed.

Swing phase involves the affected limb off the ground and is  least painful to patient thus would have minimal affliction.

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