You are examining a 7 year-old child with the spastic diplegic form of cerebral palsy (CP).You know that children with CP can demonstrate major gait deviations.You also know that the gait of typically developing children is not fully mature until about age 7 years.Which of the following gait parameters seen in typically developing young children would be considered a significant gait deviation in this 7 year-old patient?

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Step length of 20 cm is considered a significant gait deviation in a 7-year-old child. Typically developing children of this age would have a longer step length. The other options (single limb stance time of 38%, cadence of 140 steps/min, and walking velocity of 120 cm/sec) can fall within the range of normal variation for children around this age.

You Are Examining a 7 Year-Old Child with the Spastic