Sequential steps of gait in children were compared with those in adults and statistically analysed in terms of the distance and temporal gait factors using a new instrumented walkway system. The results indicated: (1) that children showed relatively mature values of gait factors, but that there were large within- and between-group variations which improved with increasing age, indicating their neuromuscular development; (2) that the development process and stage are different for each gait factor; (3) that the new instrumented walkway was useful for clinical evaluation of gait in children.
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