Force plate


Forward dynamics


Gait


A transducer that is set in the floor to measure about
some specified point, the force and torque applied
by the foot to the ground. These devices provide
measures of the three components of the resultant
ground reaction force vector and the three
components of the resultant torque vector.

Analysis to determine the motion of a mechanical
system, given the topology of how bodies are
connected, the applied forces and torques, the mass
properties, and the initial condition of all degrees of
freedom.


A manner of walking or moving on foot.


Generalized coordinates





High tibial osteotomy (HTO)






Hip abduction-adduction



Hip flexion-extension



Hip internal-external rotation




Hip motion


Inferior


A set of coordinates (or parameters) that uniquely
describes the geometric position and orientation of a
body or system of bodies. Any set of coordinates
that are used to describe the motion of a physical
system.

Surgical procedure that involves adding or
removing a wedge of bone to or from the tibia and
changing the frontal plane limb alignment. The
realignment shifts the weight-bearing axis from the
diseased medial compartment to the healthy lateral
compartment of the knee.

Motion of a long axis of the thigh within the coronal
plane as seen by an observer positioned along the
anterior-posterior axis of the pelvis.

Motion of the long axis of the thigh within the
sagittal plane as seen by an observer positioned
along the medial-lateral axis of the pelvis.

Motion of the medial-lateral axis of the thigh with
respect to the medial-lateral axis of the pelvis within
the transverse plane as seen by an observer
positioned along the longitudinal axis of the thigh.

The hip angles reflect the motion of the thigh
segment relative to the pelvis.

Below or at a lower level (towards the feet).