Saunders, J.B., Inman, V.T., & Eberhart, H.D. (1953).
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Verne T. Inman, M.D., Ph.D.
Though published over 40 years ago, this list of gait determinants still guides many researchers and clinicians' thinking about human gait. The authors began by assuming that a gait pattern is most efficient when it minimizes vertical and lateral excursions in the body's center of gravity (COG). They identified those features of the movement pattern that miminize these COG excursions. They suggested that these features determine whether a movement pattern is normal or pathological.
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