Chapter 6 The Muscular System 105 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. May not be reproduced or posted to a publicly accessible website. Name ________________________________________________________________ Abnormal Gait Now that you have studied a normal gait, you and your partner will investigate an abnormal gait. 8. Together, choose one of the following abnormal gaits. You may need to do self-guided research to understand each of the abnormal gaits. drop-foot Trendelenburg’s gait leg length discrepancy over-pronation over-supination genu varum genu valgum Your choice: ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. In your own words, describe the abnormal gait you chose. _ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Have the gait subject attempt to replicate the abnormal gait you chose above, and create a video from a lateral view similar to the one you created in step 5. The videographer or gait subject should verbally describe the abnormal gait during the video. 11. Repeat step 6 to record the abnormal gait in an anterior view. 12. Use the checklist below to ensure you have all the necessary videos completed: □ Normal gait, lateral view (no annotation) □ Normal gait, anterior view (no annotation) □ Normal gait, lateral view (annotated) □ Normal gait, anterior view (annotated) □ Abnormal gait, lateral view (annotated) □ Abnormal gait, anterior view (annotated) 13. Submit your completed videos to the instructor for review. Conclusions 1. In general terms, explain the role of muscles in the ability to walk. _ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________