Abstract
In this study, growth of gait in maturing children was analyzed. For this purpose, we conducted longitudinal gait measurement and calculated inclination angle that was defined as the angle between vertical line and CoM to CoP line projected in sagittal and frontal plane. In all trials, inclination angle in both plane had its peak value in 99 % of gait cycle. We use this value to evaluate growth. Peak anterior angle (PAA) increased until 6 years old while it decreased between 6 and 7 years old. Peak medial angle (PMA) decreased with growth and converged until age of 6 years. These results suggested that PAA was related to the ability for restoring body balance and PMA was related to the degree of compensatory movement for acquiring step length.
