BRIEF REVIEW ON THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF KINEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

MARIA SOFIA BASILE¹, MARINELLA COCO¹, ANDREA BUSCEMI³ - MARIA CRISTINA PETRALIA²

¹Department of Biomedical a Biotechnological Sciences University of Catania, Catania, Italy - ²Department of Biomedical a Biotechnological Sciences and Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania - ³Horus Social Cooperative, Ragusa and Department of Research, Center Studies of Osteopathy, Catania, Italy

Walking is one of the basics of human movement.

Once learned, walking becomes an acquired skill, therefore we are able to move automatically without thinking. Over centuries, advances in science and technology have led to the study of human walking mechanisms.

Brief review on the historical evolution of kinematics and its application in clinical practice