Step 1

Question 1

What happens at step 1

Answer 1

determine if the patient can walk

Question 2

At this stage we are determining if the patient can walk. how should we do this and what are we looking for ?

Answer 2

dot his by asking the patient to walk across the room.

Looking for; altered gait or unnatural movement. look to see if the patient is protecting an injury by walking on the ball of their foot.

Question 3

what should we see for normal gait?

Answer 3

the knee should be fully extended at heel strike and flexed at all other phases of swinging and stance.