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The history of gait analysis before the advent of modern computers.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17306979     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Aristotle (384-322 BCE) can be attributed with the earliest recorded comments regarding the manner in which humans walk. It was not until the renaissance that further progress was made through the experiments and theorising of Giovanni Borelli (1608-1679). Although several scientists wrote about walking through the enlightenment period it was the brothers Willhelm (1804-1891) and Eduard (1806-1871) Weber, working in Leipzig who made the next major contribution based on very simple measurements. Both Jules Etienne Marey (1830-1904), working in France, and Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), working in America, made significant advances in measurement technology. These were developed further by Otto Fischer (1861-1917) in collaboration with Willhelm Braune (1831-1892). The major developments in the early twentieth century were in the development of force plates and the understanding of kinetics. The team headed by Verne Inman (1905-1980) and Howard Eberhart (1906-1993) made major advances in America shortly after the Second War. David Sutherland (1923-2006) and Jacquelin Perry pioneered clinical applications in America and Jurg Baumann (1926-2000) in Europe. It was not until the advent of modern computers that clinical gait analysis became widely available.
Authors:
Richard Baker
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article     Date:  2007-02-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  Gait & posture     Volume:  26     ISSN:  0966-6362     ISO Abbreviation:  Gait Posture     Publication Date:  2007 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-08-20     Completed Date:  2007-12-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9416830     Medline TA:  Gait Posture     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  331-42     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Hugh Williamson Gait Analysis Service, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. richard.baker@rch.org.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biomechanics / history*
Computers*
Gait* / physiology
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, Ancient
History, Medieval
Humans
Physiology / history*

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