Talk:Gait (human)

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I copyied the discussion page directly over, considering it was entirely about my addenda. I also blanked out the discussion page for gait.

Just some elaborations on my addenda:

  • Hop is a single-beat gait, where both legs take-off and land together. It's only practical use it to prevent potential differences when around downed high-voltage wires, although run proprely should provide the same safety. Hop also applies to when only a single foot is used. This gait is useful if one of the legs can no longer be used for locomotion.
  • Skip is a 3-beat gait where the beat of one foot is repeated (L,L,R, or R,R,L.) It is typically considered an expression of giddiness, but it can be used in the place of run when one limb is injured but can still be used.
    • I think of it as more like a 6-beat gait, where each foot is repeated in a "swing" rhythm (L,-,L,R,-,R). My daughter uses this to some effect since it enables her to match my stride when we're moving swiftly. --Phil | Talk 10:21, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)
  • Hobble is a 2-beat gait where one foot travels significantly less than the other. This is typically used instead of a walk to favour a non-injured limb.
  • Crawl is a 4-beat gait of the hands and knees, similar to a horse's walk.
  • Bear Crawl is similar to crawl except that it uses the hands and feet instead of hands and knees.
  • Side-Step is a 2-beat gait where one foot travels to the side and then has the other foot is brought to meet it.
  • Leopard Crawl uses the elbows or forearms instead of hands and is a 2-beat gait that minimizes silouette. Where crawl keeps the body an arm's length from the ground, leopard crawl has the body near and often touching the ground.
  • Tiger Crawl uses hands and both the knees and feet (depending upon the situation.) It is similar to a horse's trot.
  • Knee Walk is a 2-beat gait that starts with one foot and the other knee on the ground. The kneeling foot is brought forward and the standing foot rotates down to a kneel. This is used to keep the centre-of-mass as close to the ground as possible, (by force or volition,) while still being able to fight and move.
  • March, Carry, Ghost Walk, Speed Walk, Flow and Backpedal are considered part of the walk gait, although they all use different geometries for locomotion.
  • Jog and Sprint are considered part of the run gait, although, like the previous, both offer different geometries.
  • Crawl refers to any gait that uses 4-limbs instead of the usual 2, and it is also a specific type of gait.
  • Hand walking, while it can be considered a sepperate gaits uses the movements of the other bipedals gaits, (Hand Walking, Hand Running, Hand Side-Step, etc.)

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[edit] Lots of info

It looks like you have enough here to create a whole new article on the topic of human gaits. I recommend that they be put into an article dedicated to the specific topic (such as gait (human), perhaps) and out of this disambiguation page (or its discussion page). Discussion pages furthermore probably shouldn't be references for live content. KeithTyler 05:29, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] This page needs cleanup

It needs copy-editing and wikifying. I have done some of this, but there are proably still errors. Also, no sources have been quoted. All of this information needs to be verifyable.

[edit] Respecfully dispute teh uselessness of Bear Walk.

I have frequently seen elderly people in physiotherapy and rehabilitation asked to walk the Bear Walk. I would surmise, without any medical expertise whatsoever, that this is to improve balance, and particularly control of the point of contact the supporting foot has on the terrain. (Analogously, perhaps, to the reason why Sumo wrestlers do an exaggerated Bear Walk in place. Although that may be pure ceremony; I suppose.) -- Cimon avaro; on a pogostick. 01:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Order in terms of speed?

How are all these paces movement rates in rationship to each other? I know that these 8 are in order from slowest to fastest: tiptoe, crawl, hop, walk, skip, jog, dash, run. For those of you that don't know tiptoe is when move on your top of your toes by a toe length at a time while dash is moving along by sliding your feet and using your upper body weight to gain extra speed.

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[edit] Dutch skipping video

That's got to be a joke, right? I'm pretty sure the "traffic cop" is just one of the two skipping guys wearing a windbreaker, sunglasses and a cop hat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.76.226.135 (talk) 05:31, 5 April 2008 (UTC)