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Measurement of Gait Movements from Motion Picture Film
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Gait AnalysisPhysical ActivityWearable TechnologyGait MovementsWalking SubjectOrthopaedic SurgeryMovement AnalysisMotion Picture FilmOrthoticsKinesiologyMotion CaptureApplied PhysiologyKinematicsRehabilitation EngineeringHealth SciencesRehabilitationTriangulation TechniquesElectromyographyPathological GaitHuman MovementMedicine
The method requires exacting technique and time‑consuming data extraction. The study describes a gait analysis method that films subjects from the front and sides. Measurements are obtained by triangulating film images projected onto a special viewer, capturing knee and ankle flexion/extension in the sagittal plane and pelvis, femur, and foot rotation in the transverse plane. The method offers several advantages: no encumbering apparatus, multiple simultaneous measurements, painless and comfortable for patients, ability to superimpose electromyograms, and simultaneous recording of both extremities.
A method suited to the study of gait is described in which the walking subject is filmed from the front and from the sides. Triangulation techniques are used in obtaining measurements from the films, projected on a special viewer. These include flexion and extension of the knee and ankle in the sagittal plane, and rotation of the pelvis, femur, and foot in the transverse plane. Exacting technique is required, and extraction of the data is somewhat time-consuming. The advantages of the method are that (1) no encumbering apparatus is attached to the patient, (2) multiple measurements may be made in a single recording session, (3) the method is painless and does not involve any discomfort for the patient, (4) electromyograms may be superimposed on the motion picture film for simultaneous recording, and (5) recordings of both extremities can be made at the same time.