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FIG. 24ib.
the right leg, moves his right hand forward and swings his left leg through, by tilting the
left side of the pelvis upwards. Attention has to be paid to placing the feet accurately
on to the floor, so that the full weight of the body rests on the standing leg. Although
locomotion is slow in this type of gait, it is by far the safest, when walking with the aid of
arm or elbow crutches (Fig. 243).
Swing-to gait.
This gait is preferable for patients with mid- or high-thoracic lesions and
accelerates walking in lesions below Tio. Their hands, placed on the parallel bars or
grasping crutches, are moved forward simultaneously, and the body then lifted and
pulled forwards a short distance. The feet and legs always remain behind the level of the
