Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement ...

MOVEMENT PATTERNS – THE ESSENCE OF SPORTS BIOMECHANICS
Figure 1.10 Another young female walking on a level treadmill at her preferred speed in high-heeled shoes. Top left: left foot
touchdown (0 s); top right: right foot toe-off (0.14 s); middle left: left foot mid-stance; middle right: right foot
touchdown (0.52 s); bottom left: left foot toe-off (0.64 s); bottom right: right foot mid-stance.
(we would then be functioning as gait analysts)? Differences from this normal pattern,
for one, but also right–left side differences, variations across strides, how joint and
contralateral limb movements are coordinated, and how external factors, such as
changed task or environmental constraints, affect the gait pattern. Video sequences,
as in Figures 1.7 to 1.12, are not necessarily the best movement pattern representation
for these purposes, as we shall see in Chapter 3.
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