You Are Examining a 7 Year-Old Child with the Spastic

Multiple Choice

You are examining a 7 year-old child with the spastic diplegic form of cerebral palsy (CP) .You know that children with CP can demonstrate major gait deviations.You also know that the gait of typically developing children is not fully mature until about age 7 years.Which of the following gait parameters seen in typically developing young children would be considered a significant gait deviation in this 7 year-old patient?

A) Single limb stance time of 38%
B) Step length of 20 cm
C) Cadence of 140 steps/min
D) Walking velocity of 120cm/sec