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WALKING LEG [14 records]

Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The gastrocnemius is the most superficial muscle in the posterior compartment [of the leg] and forms the proximal, most prominent part of the calf.... Main action : plantarflexes ankle when knee is extended; raises heel during walking; flexes leg at knee joint.

OBS

musculus gastrocnemius: Terminologia Anatomica (international anatomical terminology adopted by the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Muscle large, épais et oval qui occupe la partie superficielle de la face postérieure de la jambe et permet l'extension du pied et l'élévation du talon.

OBS

Muscle essentiel pour la marche.

OBS

musculus gastrocnemius : Terminologia Anatomica (terminologie internationale adoptée par le Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
  • Animal Anatomy
CONT

In humans and some other mammals, the soleus is a powerful muscle in the back part of the lower leg(the calf). It runs from just below the knee to the heel, and is involved in standing and walking. It is closely connected to the gastrocnemius muscle and some anatomists consider them to be a single muscle, the triceps surae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
  • Anatomie animale

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
CONT

Custom ski leg with knee joints-a ski leg with two knee joints was designed for an above-knee skier. One knee joint was for walking, and the other for skiing. When the leg is used for skiing, the upper knee joint is locked and the lower knee joint is used-controlled by a compression spring-as it keeps the leg in the flexed position required for skiing. With the amputee's weight on the coil spring, the ski knee can flex as the amputee goes down the hill but will not collapse and buckle. An adjustable ankle to permit the foot to flex to keep the ski parallel to the hill when going down the slopes was also incorporated.

CONT

Martin’s ski leg is an ecto-skeletal unit designed to transmit all the energy from the leg into a conventional ski boot and to take advantage of the boot’s engineering. The design has a hard block ankle and no energy storage so leaning into a turn allows pressure to be exerted on the inside or outside edge of the ski.

CONT

Ski Info ... Equipment used: prosthetic ski leg, 2 skis and poles...

OBS

Designed to be attached to a stump and to fit ski bindings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
  • Ski et surf des neiges
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
CONT

La jambe exosquelettique (creuse) avec bloc de liaison pyramidal forme aussi la jambe de ski idéale. La cheville Activankle montée sur un pied Symes pivote au même endroit que la cheville humaine. La jambe creuse rigide transfert solidement l’énergie sur la langue de la botte de ski. Le système pyramidal permet un alignement facile et l’adaptateur rotatif donnera l’angle horizontal légèrement fermé qu’exigent les skis.

CONT

La prothèse de ski s'attache au moignon et s'insère dans les fixations de ski.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Variability and biomechanics of synergy patterns of some lower-limb muscles during ascending and descending stairs and level walking.

CONT

Variability in synergy patterns of leg muscles during climbing, descending and level walking of highly-trained athletes and normal males.

OBS

synergy: In neurology, the faculty by which movements are properly grouped for the performance of acts requiring special adjustments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

synergie musculaire : contraction coordonnée de plusieurs muscles pour l'exécution d'un mouvement.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

Genu valgum is the Latin-derived term used to describe knock-knee deformity. While many otherwise healthy children have knock-knee deformity as a passing trait, some individuals retain or develop this deformity due to hereditary or genetic disorders or metabolic bone disease. The typical gait pattern is circumduction, requiring that the individual swing each leg outward while walking in order to take a step without striking the planted limb with the moving limb. Not only are the mechanics of gait compromised but also, with significant angular deformity, anterior and medial knee pain are common.

OBS

The term "genu valgum" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Déformation du membre inférieur se caractérisant par une obliquité (inclinaison) de la jambe formant avec la cuisse un angle ouvert en dehors.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 7 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Inner branch(walking leg) of biramous paired appendages attached to each post-antennal segment [of a Trilobite].

OBS

[The telopodite is the] free postcoxal inner branch(walking leg) of a biramous [trilobite] appendage, attached to [the] ventrolateral portion of [the] precoxa...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[...] élément [...] d'un appendice [...] [de Trilobite constitué d']une rame interne faite de huit articles à carène épineuse ventrale [dont] le dernier porte une épine flanquée de deux griffes [...]

CONT

On peut considérer que l'appendice typique des Arthropodes est biramé [...]; il se compose de deux branches semblables à l'origine : l'«endopodite» (branche interne) et l'«exopodite» [...]

CONT

[Les appendices de Trilobites] comprennent trois éléments : une [...] «sympodite» sur laquelle s'articulent deux branches, l'une, interne, ou «endopodite» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
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Record 8 2002-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Paleontology
DEF

The eighth segment of the walking leg... located distally on the walking leg after the telotarsus.

OBS

[The pretarsus] bears the ungues and the dactyl.

OBS

Plural: pretarsi.

Key term(s)
  • pretarsi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Les métamères 2 à 16 [d'un Myriapode] portent chacun une paire de pattes ambulatoires courtes, simples, formées d'une série de 7 articles (hanche, trochanter, fémur, tibia, tarse et prétarse) [...]

CONT

Une patte comprend généralement les segments suivants : un coxa ou hanche; un trochanter; un fémur ou cuisse; un tibia ou jambe; un tarse à nombre variable d'articles et, à l'extrémité, un prétarse ou empodium ou acropode possédant habituellement une paire de griffes [...] et d'autres structures associées.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Crustaceans
DEF

A locomotory thoracopod of a malacostracan crustacean; an appendage of the pereion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Crustacés
DEF

Patte, membre ou appendice servant à la marche chez les Arthropodes.

CONT

Le «soma» [d'un Arthropode] comprend deux régions, le péréion et le pléon qui portent des appendices, les péréiopodes et les pléopodes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Crustáceos
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Record 10 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthoses
CONT

A total contact plaster shell then was molded around the lower leg. The shell was reinforced with plaster splints, and a walking heel was attached to the plantar surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthèses
OBS

coque : En orthétique, embrasse circulaire moulée et rigide, sans fermetures, faite de plâtre ou de matière plastique, immobilisant un membre ou une partie d'un membre inférieur ou supérieur.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

A... also has been described with pain similar to intermittent claudication in the front of the lower leg or severe exertion but not with ordinary walking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
OBS

(of crust.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés

Spanish

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Record 13 1977-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A walking leg is a] Prosomal appendage serving for walking. [in a merostome]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Le prosoma porte ventralement, en arrière des chélicères, 5 paires de pattes locomotrices.

Spanish

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Record 14 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

--a test of strength and endurance over prepared trails of long distances. The participant's technique... involves advancing himself with an opposite arm and leg action, as in running and walking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
OBS

le résultat d'une -- tient au moins pour moitié dans [le] fartage. [...] la technique du fond sur le plat est essentiellement à base de pas alternatif [aussi compétition de fond id. p.72]

Spanish

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