What's the difference between gait and pronk?

Gait


Definition:

  • (n.) A going; a walk; a march; a way.
  • (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Clinical signs of disease developed as early as 15 days after transition to the experimental diets and included impaired vision, decreased response to external stimuli, and abnormal gait.
  • (2) Gains in gait pattern, ease of bracing, and reduced pelvic obliquity were noted.
  • (3) In the improved group, the families reported that the gait abnormality preceded the dementia in 11 patients and occurred at the same time in five.
  • (4) Candidates for a counselor-training program (136 Ss; 86% women; average age 44 yr.) took the GAIT in 18 groups and completed written forms for staff screening.
  • (5) On admission, neurological examination revealed staggering gait and the right cerebellar ataxia showing dysmetria and dysdiadochokinesis.
  • (6) In the gait initiation protocol, the amplitude and synchronization of the TA burst were directly correlated with velocity of movement, while the relative delay between soleus inhibition and TA activation was inversely correlated.
  • (7) No significant improvements or losses were found in a large series of gait parameters.
  • (8) Asymmetrical gait pattern with mild gait disturbance was found more often in infants lying in supine than in prone.
  • (9) In this paper, the authors reported a case of 6-year-old girl who complained of the progressive gait disturbance.
  • (10) The data suggest that throughout most of the gait cycle and normal stair climbing, the passive structures contribute a small portion of the total moment, usually well less than 10%.
  • (11) The function of the prosthesis was assessed through clinical assessment and force plate gait analysis.
  • (12) A 52-year-old female was admitted with a chief complaint of progressive gait disturbance over the previous 16 months.
  • (13) Mean tandem gait speed improved 48% after training.
  • (14) Normal gait was associated with flexor contraction only when the foot was lifted and placed on the ground, whereas during ischaemic blockade flexor contraction continued during the interval between foot lifting and foot placement.The `freezing' or `blocking' gait in Parkinson's disease was found to be associated with coactivation of flexor and extensor muscles and this phenomenon occurred only in patients with features of flexion dystonia in the electromyographic recordings of their tonic stretch reflexes.
  • (15) Moreover in the symmetrical gaits spatial phase shifts between unilateral limbs were equal to zero, which means that hind and fore limbs were placed in the same point during successive steps.
  • (16) Also, the FES antigravity action obtained raises hopes for substantially improving FES induced reciprocal gait.
  • (17) Clinical gait analysis is a term that can be applied to numerous methods of evaluating a subject's walking pattern.
  • (18) Six children with low-level myelomeningocele underwent gait analysis.
  • (19) The functional recovery of the patients was assessed every week by using the Barthel Index and the Action Research Arm test, by registering walking velocity, and by performing gait analysis.
  • (20) These changes were considered to be the result of talipes equinus and waddling gait, which are commonly demonstrated in patients with DMD.

Pronk


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The model makes specific predictions which show that galloping is generally faster than cantering, pronking or trotting, and requires lower peak vertical forces on the legs while also giving a smoother ride.