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Sullivan Tables Exam GAIT ANSWER KEY
Sullivan Tables Exam GAIT ANSWER KEY
2nd Classification:
Initial Contact: ----------
Loading response: Ends when opposite limb lifts from ground (ends OLL)
Midstance: Starts when contralateral foot lifts from ground (starts CLL)
Terminal Stance: Ends with contralateral initial contact (ends CIC)
Pre-swing: Starts with contralateral initial contact and ends with ipsilateral limb toe
off (starts CIC)
Initial Swing: Starts when reference limb lifts from ground (starts RLL)
Mid swing: ----------
Terminal Swing: Ends when foot contacts ground (ends when foot contacts ground)
3rd classification:
Initial Contact: Beginning of stance (heel or any part of foot contacts ground)
Loading response: Body weight rapidly loads
Midswing: Trunk progresses
Terminal Stance: Trunk continues forward progression
Limb achieves trailing limb posture
Pre-swing: Body weight rapidly unloads
Initial Swing: Hip, knee, ankles rapidly flex
Mid swing: Thigh continues advancing / ankle neutral
Terminal Swing: Knee in maximal extension/ ankle neutral
TRADITIONAL CLASSIFICATION
Heel strike: Beginning of stance
Foot Flat: sole contacts the floor
Midstance: point at which body passes directly over reference limb
Heel off: reference limb’s heel leaves the ground
Toe Off: ONLY reference limb’s toe contacts with ground
Acceleration: Reference limb directly UNDER the body
Midswing: Reference limb passes directly BELOW the body
Deceleration: reference limb decelerating