The biomechanical patterns that characterize the gait of persons who have sustained a stroke are reviewed. Reduced walking
speed and longer stance phases, greater on the unaffecteds ide,a re reported.V ariationsi n joint excursionsin cludes everadl eviations
at initial contact and reducede xcursionsd uring swing. Electromyographicp atterns have provided a classificationm ethod. Joint
momentr eportsw ere variable, but includedh igh hip flexor momentsin late stance,p ositively related to speedT. he muscleg roups
of the una&ted side performed about 60% of the work of walking across speeds. Commonly occurring gait deviations resulting
from particular impairments or adaptations to impairments are identified.