Gait

Pediatric pathologies come in many different forms, some hereditary or genetic, others as an injury caused during birth. As PTA’s we play a very important role in the life’s of these patients. It is out job to help them live a life as normal as possible applying deferent methods and modalities to accomplish those results. In this paper I will be writing about some of those pathologies, including their clinical features, medical and physical therapy treatments. Tibial Torsion, Fragile X, and…

experienced memory loss. She puts a frying pan in the freezer, and forgets the word “wine”. She lost her way in the woods, even forgotten her husband. Eventually, she ended up with mood swing and behavior problems, weakened muscle, gait instability and troubled thought process. Gait instability and weakened muscles can lead her to the…

hum every now and then. As my horse walked below me, kicking up dust with every step, a sense of determination washed over me. I could do this. I kicked my heels into my horse’s side and shouted the command to trot. She tucked her head and switched gaits, but the next thing I knew I was facefirst in the dirt, feeling a sharp pain shoot through my jaw and tears brimming in my eyes. At nine years old, there was no way I was getting on a horse ever again. That isn’t to say that I cut off all…

range of motion must first be checked along with the strength of the hip, trunk, and knee. Posture of the patient must also be checked along with the alignment of their hips. Once the patient had passed these tests, the patient will then undergo a gait/movement analysis. Patients who usually return to play from this type of injury will wear a SERF strap. SERF stands for stability through external rotation of the femur. This strap is made of thin elastic and is applied around the thigh, knee, and…

Primary level focuses on preventing new onset of diseases or avoiding the event from happening (AstroHealth.com, n.d.; CurrentNursing.com, 2012). The examples of intervention that involve primary prevention for falls include increase exercise to improve gait and balance stability, tidying up the cluttered stairs and hallway, or installing grab bars in the shower. Secondary prevention focuses on identifying people who are at risk of developing diseases, which include conducting screening and…

activities, the test of Playfulness (ToP) is used in children between 15 mos. and 10 years of age, showing solid reliability and validity (Bundy, Nelson, Metzger, & Bingaman, 2001). Gait in children with SMS can be evaluated with the 2-Minute Walk Test (2MWT) by measuring walking distance along with observational gait assessment (i.e.…

the hind limbs compared to australopithecines, represents one of the most important evolutionary changes and is observable in the morphology of H. ergaster (Jungers, 1982). This would perhaps lead to a change in gait: more efficient fully erect walk instead of a ‘bent-hip bent-knee’ gait (Wang, 2004).Another important feature that heavily influences haw the species walks is the shape of the pelvis. It seems to be narrower than even modern humans, indicating a far more efficient upright walk. A H…

In reviewing this patient, she is 78 years old, lives alone and is able to care for herself with minimal assistance. Risk factors associated with her age and medical conditions are falls or injury, depression, and inability to successfully perform ADL’s. Falls/Injury As a result of the physiological changes associated with age and polypharmacy many geriatric patients are at a higher risk for falls. Falls greatly increase morbidity and mortality in…

A., Fuji, K. T., Gait, K. A., & Paschal, K. A. (2012). How baccalaureate nursing students value an interprofessional patient safety course for professional development. ISRN Nursing, 1-7. doi:10.5402/2012/401358 Burhans, L. D., Chastain, K., & George, J. L. (2012). Just…

that the gait deviation in TFAs is commonly observed and the primary cause is muscle weakness. The amputation leads to the loss of muscle distal insertion sites and the change of muscle’s moment arm, thus the force can be generated by hip muscles is affected. These biomechanical disadvantages result in hyperlordotic posture and load increment at the intact limb. As the consequences, TFAs have a high risk of getting back pain and knee osteoarthritis at…