The nurse is teaching the client how to walk with crutches. Which gait requires considerable skill, strength, and coordination?
1. Three-point gait
2. Swing-to gait
3. Swing-through gait
4. Two-point alternate gait
Correct Answer: 3
The swing-through gait moves both crutches forward together and then the body is lifted by the arms and swings through and beyond the crutches, requiring enough strength to lift the body on the arms and enough coordination to manage to balance while the body is in the air. The three-point gait requires the client to bear her entire body weight on the unaffected leg. People with paralysis of the legs and hip use the swing gaits, the easier of these two gaits. The two-point alternate gait is faster than the four-point gait, and requires more balance, because only two points support the body at one time.
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