A patient has recently begun using a straight cane for ambulation and noticed that he is unable to walk as far as he did previously.What is the best method for examining decreased tolerance for gait?
A) Observational gait analysis to determine gait cycle abnormalities
B) A force plate to determine plantar pressures
C) Walking the patient with a different assistive device
D) Metabolic cart to examine energy expenditure during gait
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Q12: A force plate can assist the therapist
Q13: The therapist determines the number of steps
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Q16: What is the gait cycle?
A)The period of
Q17: The therapist wants to know a patient's
Q18: Observational gait analysis can be used to
A)identify
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