PubMed · 10559052
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C Thompson, P Kroker. 1999-11-13. Robots.. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7220.1300
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The overall goal of this work was to determine an optimal surface-tracking marker set for tracking motion of the tibia during natural cadence walking. Eleven different marker sets were evaluated. The marker sets differed in the location they were attached to the shank, the method used to attach the marker sets to the segment and the physical characteristics of the marker sets. Angular position during stance for each marker set was expressed relative to the orientation of the tibia as measured using bone anchored markers. A marker set consisting of four markers attached to a rigid shell positioned over the distal lateral shank and attached to the leg using an underwrap attachment yielded the best estimate of tibial rotation. Rotational deviations of+/-2 degrees about the medio-lateral and antero-posterior axes, and+/-4 degrees about the longitudinal axis did occur even when using the optimal set of markers.
A limp can be a significant sign of serious pathology about the hip. The source of the limp can be the hip or remote from the hip. Careful evaluation of each individual patient can lead to the discovery of the cause and, hopefully, its resolution.
The contact stress in a human hip is not uniform and it changes with different body positions. The changing location of the peak contact stress during gait may indicate the predilection sites for further development of osteoarthritis in the hip. On the basis of laboratory measurements and by using mathematical models of forces and stresses in human hip we determined the points of the peak contact stress in successive phases of gait. Results show that the peak stress points are mostly located in the posterior-medial portion of the weight bearing area, which corresponds well to the clinical observations. It is also shown that in the pathological conditions of hip dysplasia the peak contact stress trajectory is located more laterally and anteriorly.