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terminal stance

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terminal stance,
one of the five stages in the stance phase of a walking gait, directly associated with the continuation of single limb support or the period during which the body moves forward on the supporting foot. Double limb support is initiated during the latter part of terminal stance, which is often a factor in the analysis of many abnormal orthopedic conditions and the diagnosis of weaknesses that may develop in certain muscles used in walking, such as the quadriceps femoris and the gluteus maximus. Compare initial contact stance stage, loading response stance stage, midstance, preswing stance stage. See also swing phase of gait.


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Powers On the sound limb of most of the subjects with unilateral amputation, increased hip power generation was observed during early stance, with the magnitude of power generation during terminal stance comparable to the controls but delayed (Figure 10(a)).
Step length may have been relatively shortened in the subjects with amputations by their lack of dynamic plantar flexion during terminal stance phase.
reported that the variable-damping knees exhibited (1) an enhanced smoothness of gait by a lower root-mean-square jerk derived from accelerometer data and (2) a decrease in the following prosthetic limb biomechanical variables: hip work produced, peak hip-flexion moment at terminal stance, and peak hip power generation at toe-off.
 
 
 
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