Patrick O. Riley
Contributor
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia School of Medicine. He contributed an article on “Gait Analysis” to SAGE Publications’ Encyclopedia of Governance (2007), and a version of this article was used for his Britannica entry on this topic.
Primary Contributions (1)
Gait analysis, in biology and medicine, the study of locomotion, particularly patterns of limb movements. In humans, gait analysis can provide information on gait abnormalities and guide treatment decisions. In other animals, gait analysis can be applied to better understand mechanisms of animal…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Governance - 2 volume set (December 2006)
The Encyclopedia of Governance provides a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes in the 1970s. This comprehensive resource concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of the state in recent times and the ways in which these roles have been conceptualized in the areas of Political Science, Public Administration, Political Economy,...
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