What are common faults found in gait analysis?
It can be excessive external or internal rotation of the legs due to muscular imbalances of the thigh and instability of the hip, varus or valgus (knock knee or bow legged) patterns of the knee, pronation or supination of the foot. Compounded by high repetition these faulty mechanics can result in poor performance or eventual injury. Gait analysis can serve as the first step in intervention to correct these bio-mechanical faults. Sometimes, just the awareness of the mechanical indiscretion is enough feedback to aide in the correction. Wouldn’t this all be so simple if that is all that was needed? Women who run are at far greater risk for running related injuries. The reason is associated with what is reffered to as the Q angle. Because women genetically have wider hips then men, the angle from thier hip to the knne poses much greater shear force with each foot contact while running. Due the popularity of marathon running, many women end up with severe knee problems. Most physicans will
