Gait Characteristics of Subjects with Hip Disease

Gait characteristics of twenty-seven subjects with diagnosed hip disease were tested for various parameters of gait. An electrogoniometric method was used to record hip motion in three planes during ambulation. Other parameters of gait were cadence, velocity, stride-length, swing/stance ratio, stride-length/lower-extremitylength ratio, and foot-switch patterns of the involved extremities for subjects using various assistive devices. The results demonstrate objectively that subjects with hip disease vary within their own disability group and deviate from previous data reported for normal subjects.