Instead of following a continuous gait pattern, they usually move in short intervals, stopping several times before deciding where to head next.
This suggests that under adverse conditions such as down hills, gait patterns may favor stability over speed.
These abnormal gait patterns can increase the stress on the healthy limb, leading to problems later in life such as arthritis.
Literature continues to emerge examining the influence treadmill speed may have on the improvement of gait patterns and functional independence.
This gait pattern is reminiscent of a marionette.
Alexander incorporates Froude-number analysis into his "dynamic similarity hypothesis" of gait patterns.
The muscles spasticity can cause gait patterns to be awkward and jerky.
Several different gait patterns are possible, and the user chooses which one to use depending on the reason the crutches are needed.
They showed adaptation to different gait patterns and different walking contexts.
It is believed the activation of the central pattern generator leads to the improvement in gait pattern.