Exam 12: Posture and Gait in Walking and Running

At what point in the gait cycle is hip extension at its maximum?

What is the distance that has been determined to be a functional level for community ambulation?

Compensatory mechanisms to preserve gait as a result of injury or disease are as if not more efficient than normal gait itself.

Increased postural sway in an elderly population is related to the incidence of falls.

The gait cycle is synonymous with a stride.

Typically, the body maintains one position during standing.

When assessing someone with ideal posture in the sagittal plane, the plumb line should pass on the _____________ side of the thoracic spine and __________ to the hip joint axis.

Which muscle is most important for maintaining functional stance at the ankle?

To ambulate with a normal gait pattern, extension of the first metatarsophalangeal joint must be possible to 60 $\degree$ .

There are fewer muscles working during the swing phase of gait compared with during the stance phase.

The body's center of mass is at its highest in the sagittal plane and its most lateral position in the frontal plane at the same during the gait cycle.