Hi Sarah
That was my understanding too, but the dictionaries don't agree and I
wondered if I had been wrong all along.
Marion
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> Subject: Re: Trendelenberg gait
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> Dear marion,
> I don't have handy references to prove it but my understandig is that
> there is normally a slight tilt towards the non-weightbearing side during
> stance phase (about 5 degrees) and that in a Trendeleneberg Gait pattern
> this is is increased to an abnormal level due to weakness of the hip
> abductors which are unable to control the eccentric adduction at the hip
> (of the pelvis on the fixed femur).
>
> Human Walking by Inman et al - 2ed published ??1995 - is a good
> standard text to try.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Sarah
>
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> Sarah Tyson
> Brunel University, UK
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