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Lab On Spontaneous Gait Personality

1. The document describes an experiment to observe the spontaneous transition from walking to running gait as treadmill speed increases incrementally. 2. Participants walk on a treadmill starting at 3 mph, and the speed increases by 0.5 mph every 15 seconds up to a maximum of 6 mph. Observers record whether the gait is walking or running at each speed. 3. The results are analyzed to find the average and variation in speed where participants transitioned from walking to running.

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Lab On Spontaneous Gait Personality

1. The document describes an experiment to observe the spontaneous transition from walking to running gait as treadmill speed increases incrementally. 2. Participants walk on a treadmill starting at 3 mph, and the speed increases by 0.5 mph every 15 seconds up to a maximum of 6 mph. Observers record whether the gait is walking or running at each speed. 3. The results are analyzed to find the average and variation in speed where participants transitioned from walking to running.

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Spontaneous Gait Transitions

Introduction 3. The experimenter starts the treadmill


Purpose: To demonstrate the spontaneous moving at a speed of 3 mph (4.8 kph)
change in gait coordination that occurs with and maintains this speed for 15 sec.
systematic increases in gait speed when a During this 15-sec. period the
person is walking. observers should note whether the
participant is walking or running. At
Textbook Reading the end of 15 sec. the experimenter
Chapter 5 increases the speed to 3.5 mph (5.6
kph). This new speed should be
Task and Equipment Needed maintained for 15 sec., during which
The task involves walking and running on a the observers note whether the
treadmill. participant is walking or running. This
same procedure should be followed
Equipment every 15 sec., with the experimenter
increasing the speed by 0.5 mph (0.8
 Treadmill (it should allow for speeds kph) to a maximum speed of 6 mph
to be changed while a person is (9.6 kph). Test each person on all the
walking or running). speeds listed on the Individual Data
 Stopwatch Table.

Procedures Judging a walking and running


gait. The criterion for determining if
1. Depending on the number of the observed gait is walking or
treadmills available, organize the running is whether or not the gait
students in groups. Each person will involves a flight phase, which means
serve as a participant and a distinct time period during which
experimenter or observer. The neither foot is in contact with the
experimenter will control the timing treadmill.
and setting of speeds on the treadmill.
Others in the group, except for the Walking = No flight phase is observed
participant, will serve as observers to (i.e., one foot is always in contact with
assess the participant's gait the treadmill).
characteristics. After a person serves Running = A flight phase is observed
as the participant, he or she should (i.e., neither foot is in contact with the
be on observer or experimenter while treadmill at some point during a
another person in the group becomes stride).
the participant.
Observers should agree on their
2. The participant is told that he or she judgments. If they disagree, the
will begin walking on the treadmill and experimenter should continue the
continue walking as the speed speed until they agree.
increases every 15 sec. until he or
she needs to run to maintain contact 4. Record the observers' judgment for
with the treadmill. each speed on the participant's
Individual Data Table.

Spontaneous Gait Transitions


Name Section Date
Observers

For each speed, check the appropriate box to indicate if the participant was walking or
running

Speed Walk Run

3 mph [4.8 kph]

3.5 mph [5.6 kph]

4 mph [6.4 kph]

4.5 mph [7.2 kph]

5 mph [8 kph]

5.5 mph [8.8 kph]

6 mph [9.6 kph]

Spontaneous Gait Transitions

Name Section Date

Results

1. Record on the Group Data Form for the lab section the first speed at which
each person ran.
2. Calculate the mean and standard deviation for the initial running speed for the
group.
3. Create a bar graph that shows the initial running speed for each person in the
group (i.e., one bar for each person, with Initial Running Speed on the y-
axis.).

Spontaneous Gait Transitions

Name Section Date

Questions
1. (a) Do your group's results support the hypothesis that people will
spontaneously change from a walking to a running gait at a certain speed?
Explain.

(b) At what speed did the majority of students in your group begin to run?
(Use the Mode of the individual results plotted on your graph.)

2. What do your group's results indicate about the similarity (or lack of it) of the
critical speed at which the students changed gait?

3. How would the dynamic pattern theory explain the results of this lab?
4. What are some practical implications of the results of this lab?

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