Some help please

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Hello everyone,
Im quite new to the site, still getting used to it, so I hope I have done this right.
Anyway Im a student at Caledonian University in Glasgow. Im just about to start some reading on a piece of course work, and would appreciate if anyone knew of some good references on the temporal and spatial parameters of gait.

Thanks
Scott

 

Scott

Chapter 1 (and more) of Kirtley (2006) [Clinical Gait Analysis Theory and Practice Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone] would possibly be a good start. Plenty of references at the end of the chapter to get more into as well.

Good to see another gcal student in the arena!

Cheers
Euan

 

There not many of us here is there, and thanks for advice! Ruth more of less told me to join. You know I had a look at that book, but it was more journal articles I was after because our library links are awful on this. How you findin second year?
Scott

 

Scott,

Hopefully one of the arena veterans will be able to give you some direction, the only other thing I could suggest would be to search the Gait & Posture journal directly (I don't find you get results for this journal easily in database searches, but that might be my incompetence)

2nd year going well, actually looking forward to going back.

Best of luck with your coursework

Cheers
Euan

 

Scott:

Being a student, I would advise against you focusing only on journal articles. Instead, I would spend more time initially reading quality textbooks since you have lots to learn as a student and need something that is more basic so that you don't initially drown in information you don't need to consider at this point in your career. I would suggest the following textbooks:

Root ML, Orien WP, Weed JH: Normal and Abnormal Function of the Foot. Clinical Biomechanics Corp., Los Angeles, CA, 1977.

Perry J: Gait Analysis: Normal and Pathological Function. SLACK Inc., Thorofare, NJ, 1992.

Rose J, Gamble JG (eds.): Human Walking, 2nd ed. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1994.

And here is an excellent journal review article that discusses the mechanics of both walking and running gait:

Novacheck, Tom F.: The biomechanics of running. Gait and Posture, 7:77-95, 1998.

Hope this helps.