Dr. Perry made major contributions to the fields of post-polio syndrome and gait analysis.
The methodology of gait analysis used by Braune is essentially the same used today.
A horse's walk and trot are most useful in gait analysis.
The development of treatment regimes, often involving orthopaedic surgery, based on gait analysis results, advanced significantly in the 1980s.
The parameters taken into account for the gait analysis are the following:
Aside from clinical applications, gait analysis is used in professional sports training to optimize and improve athletic performance.
Unfortunately gait analysis comes at a cost, often a heavy one, and is usually difficult to arrange.
For a person with cerebral palsy, gait analysis can be used to:
There are no health risks with gait analysis.
The same methodology can also be used for gait analysis or for analysis of stair climbing.