Clinical Biomechanics in Human Locomotion - Gait and Pathomechanical Principles

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
About the authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding human gait
	Abstract
	Chapter introduction
	1.1: Gait principles
	1.2: Principles of gait analysis data
	1.3: Muscle function related to joint motion in gait
	1.4: Running gait
	1.5: Variance in gait
	1.6: Gait in disease
	Chapter summary
	References
Chapter 2: Locomotive functional units
	Abstract
	Chapter introduction
	2.1: Soft and hard tissue as functional units
	2.2: Functional unit of the lumbar spine and pelvis
	2.3: Functional unit of the hip
	2.4: Functional unit of the knee
	2.5: Functional unit of the ankle
	Chapter summary
	References
Chapter 3: The foot as a functional unit of gait
	Abstract
	Chapter introduction
	3.1: The foot’s material properties
	3.2: The foot’s role in gait
	3.3: The foot’s functional units
	Chapter summary
	References
Chapter 4: Pathology through the principles of biomechanics
	Abstract
	Chapter introduction
	4.1: Understanding the pathological risk
	4.2: Pathomechanics of the hip
	4.3: Pathomechanics of the knee
	4.4: Pathomechanics of the ankle and rearfoot
	4.5: Pathomechanics of the foot
	4.6: Pathomechanics of running
	Chapter summary
	References
Appendix
	A: Further concepts in gait mechanics
	B: Lower limb length and gait speed
	C: Locomotive costs
	D: Locomotive power
	E: Locomotive work done
	References
Glossary: Gait and pathomechanical principles
Index