Abstract
[Purpose] This study examined the difference between the right and left legs in gait time. [Subjects] The subjects were 36 healthy adults: 72 legs, 18 males and 18 females. All the subjects were right-foot dominant in kicking a ball. [Methods] Gait phase times were measured using pressure sensors. The time of one gait cycle was measured from heel strike to heel strike (HS) of the same side, the stance phase from HS to toe off (TO), stance phase I from HS to hallux contact (HC), stance phase II from HC to heel off (HO), and stance phase III from HO to TO. [Results] Significant differences were found between the left and right sides in stance phases II and III expressed as a proportion of one gait cycle. [Conclusion] Differences in the work performed by the legs are the cause of left-right differences in the gait of healthy adults.
