Walking Pattern Deviation in 10-15 years old Obese Children at Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo.

Sameera M Withanage,Pujitha Wickramasinghe,Shanshika P Maddumage

doi:10.4038/jpgim.8272

Sameera M Withanage, Pujitha Wickramasinghe + Show 1 more

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Gait is the locomotor activity of the body and it can be described as moving the human body from one place to another [1]
The step length, stride length and cadence were measured by foot print analysis
When each gender was considered separately, non-obese male children had a significantly higher step length and right stride length compared to obese male children

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Gait is the locomotor activity of the body and it can be described as moving the human body from one place to another [1]. It is a cycle with a sequence of movements occurring between two continuous contacts of the same foot [2]. Stance phase comprises 60% of the gait cycle and is the period of time where the foot is on the ground. When only one foot is in contact with the ground it is known as the single leg stance phase and this occurs twice in the normal gait cycle [2] and is said to comprise 40% of the total duration of the gait cycle [3]. The aim of the study was to identify the deviation in walking pattern of 10-15 year old obese children from their non-obese counterparts

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