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Gait Analysis

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The term gait describes the characteristics of body motion during walking or running. The study of bipedal gait in humans is called gait analysis and refers to the objective and systematic study of human locomotion, including both visual observation and measurement using instrumentation.

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  1. Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK

    Tim N. Theologis

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  1. Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD, United Kingdom

    Michael Benson

  2. Sick Children, Great Ormond Street Hospital for, Greater Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

    John Fixsen

  3. Orthopaedic Hospital, Princess Margaret Rose, Frogston Road West 41-43, Edinburgh, EH10 7ED, United Kingdom

    Malcolm Macnicol

  4. Orthopädie, Olgahospital, Bismarckstr. 8, Stuttgart, 70176, Germany

    Klausdieter Parsch

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Theologis, T.N. (2010). Gait Analysis. In: Benson, M., Fixsen, J., Macnicol, M., Parsch, K. (eds) Children's Orthopaedics and Fractures. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-611-3_6

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