TO STUDY THE EVALUATION OF STRIDE LENGTH ACCORDING TO BMI IN NORMAL HEALTHY FEMALES

Introduction: Locomotion may be described as a translatory progression of the body as a whole, According to traditionally terminology: gait has divided into two phases, Stance phase & swing phase. Materials & Methods: 60 subjects were taken on the basis of inclusion & exclusion criteria. After obtaining written informed consent, the subjects were divided among four groups. Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D of 60 subjects in each. Stride length was measured using puddle of water, foot pathway, marker. Anthropometric parameters (Height, weight) were too calculated on 4 groups. Conclusion: The data and the results showed that there was gradual decrease in the stride length with the increase in BMI.