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Please, can someone recommend a reference that specifically defines the push-off and toe-off phases of the gait cycle.
Thank you in advance.

 

Griffin

Gait Analysis, Normal and Pathological Function. sec2 Normal Gait pge50-167 Perry J Slack inc NJ ISBN 1-55642-192-3

Dave

 

Thank you, Dave!

 

Griffin:

Toe-off is not a phase of gait, it is an event during the gait cycle. Toe-off is defined as that instant in time when the toes leave the ground at the end of the stance phase of gait. Push-off is not a standardly used term, that I know of. However, possibly if push-off is synonymous with propulsion, then that would be the phase of gait from heel-off (when the heel raises from the ground) to toe-off.

Hope this helps.

 

Rancho Los Amigos gait terminology is taught in most physical therapy curriculums.

Gait Analysis: Normal and Pathological Function
by Jacquelin Perry MD

It gives specific phases of gait, exact measurements of AROM required in each cycle, which muscles are active, etc

 

Thank you, Dawn!