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Gait can be defined as a cyclical pattern of musculoskeletal motion which carries the body forwards. Simplistically stating, gait can be considered as a pattern of locomotion. Normal gait is smooth, symmetrical and ergonomically economical, with each leg out of phase with the other.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Nirmal Raj Gopinathan

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Prateek Behera

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  1. Education and Research (PGIMER), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Sarvdeep S. Dhatt

  2. Education and Research (PGIMER), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Sharad Prabhakar

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Gopinathan, N.R., Behera, P. (2019). Gait. In: Dhatt, S., Prabhakar, S. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Examination in Orthopedics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1235-9_13

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