Percentage in Gait Cycle
Eccentric Muscle Contractions
Concentric Muscle Contraction
Action at the Knee
Type of Support
Action at the Hip
Definition
Action at the Ankle
Plantarflexing - from 5-10 degrees of dorsiflexoin to 15 degrees plantarflexion
Dorsiflexors (tibialis anterior, extensor hallicus longus, extensor digitorum longus
Rapidly Flexing - from 10 degrees to 40
Double
A rapid unloading of the limb occurs as weight is transferred to the contralateral limb
Flexing - from 15 degrees of extension to 5
Rectus femoris, and hip flexors
50-62%
