Whittle's Gait Analysis, 6th Edition

by Jim Richards, BEng, MSc, PhD, David Levine, PT, PhD, DABPTS (Orthopaedics), CCRP and Michael W. Whittle, BSc, MSc, MB, BS, PhD

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ISBN: 9780702084973

Publication Date: 01-03-2023

Page Count: 222

Imprint: Elsevier

List Price: $66.99

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Key Features
- Highly accessible, readable, and logically sequenced – suitable for undergraduates
- Covers gait and clinical considerations around functional difficulties in people with neurological and musculoskeletal disorders
- Summary/study aid boxes to support learning
- Online resources containing supplementary content for Chapter 1, video clips, 3D animations, gait data supported by MCQs, and 30 cases studies
New to This Edition
- Chapter on running gait, including the biomechanics of running, common running-related injuries, and clinical considerations
- Expanded chapter on neurological conditions
Contents

1 Basic Sciences
2 Normal Gait
3 Pathological and Other Abnormal Gaits
4 Methods of Gait Analysis
5 Applications of Gait Analysis
6 Gait Assessment of Neurological Disorders
7 Gait Analysis in Musculoskeletal Conditions, Prosthetics and Orthotics
8 Gait Analysis of Running and the Management of Common Injuries
Index
Authors

Jim Richards, BEng, MSc, PhD, Professor of Biomechanics, Department of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire, UK, David Levine, PT, PhD, DABPTS (Orthopaedics), CCRP, Cline Chair of Excellence in Physical Therapy and Acting Department Head ,Department of Physical Therapy,The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Michael W. Whittle, BSc, MSc, MB, BS, PhD, Formerly Walter M. Cline Jr. Chair of Rehabilitation Technology, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA; Director, H. Carey Hanlin Motion Analysis Laboratory, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA; Formerly Acting Director, Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK