Gluteus Maximus Gait

Courtesy:Prof Nabile Ebraheim, Chairman, Dept of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Toledo, United States. Multimedia presentation involving Demonstration of gluteus maximus gait, anatomy of gluteus maximus. The gluteus maximus has 2 parts; superficial and deep. The deep part inserts into the gluteal tuberosity on the posterior surface of proximal femur. The superficial part blends into illiotibial tract, there by stabilising the knee in extension. The main function of g. Maximus is extension and external rotation