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foot slap gait
- pretibial weakness/lack of eccentric ctrl |
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Definition
| audible descent of one foot to ground. |
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steppage gait
- pretibial weakness/inability to clear toe |
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Definition
| pt w/ too much hip flexion, "high knees" through swing phase |
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Calcaneus gait
- weakness of GS/soleus |
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Definition
| heel does not come up during push-off; esp when ascending an incline |
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Equinus gait
- PF contracture or tactile sensitivity |
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Definition
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Quadriceps gait
- quad weakness |
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Definition
| short stance phase, "limp" + forcefully "throwing knee into extension" + fwd trunk flex/lurch to maintain momentum |
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Vaulting gait
- pretibial weakness/inability to clear toe |
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Definition
| coming up on toes during stance phase of 1 leg, so other leg can clear the ground during swing phase |
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Gluteus medius gait = Trendelenburg gait
- weak hip abductors |
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Definition
| opposite hip drops during stance phase w/ lean to same side (--> long-term damage to facets) |
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Duck-waddle gait
- bilateral weakness of hip abductors |
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Definition
| bilateral trendelenburg gait, "sexy waddle" |
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hip hiking
- knee fusion or pretibial weakness/inability to clear toe |
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Definition
| hip hiking... overworked QL |
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Gluteus Maximus Gait (backward trunk lurch)
- weak hip extensors |
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Definition
| thrusting trunk posterior during heel strike to hang on Y-ligaments and stay upright |
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Scissors gait
- tight adductors or incr tone/spasticity |
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Definition
walking w/ feet close to centerline
(common w/ CP pts)
(decr balance due to decr BOS) |
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Circumduction
- pretibial weakness/inability to clear toe |
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Definition
| swinging leg outside laterally during swing phase |
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Parkinsonian gait
- deficiency of substantia nigra |
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Definition
| incr cadence, fwd lean, shuffling, decr stride length, decr heel strike, decr toe-off, decr, arm swing |
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Term
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Definition
| "limping around"; avoiding WB on one leg; decr stance phase |
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Definition
| incoordination, loss of smooth motion + wide-base gait + unsteadiness + tremors + dymetria (trouble judging distance) |
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Term
Hemiplegic gait
- unilat paralysis |
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Definition
flacid and spastic phases;
hip hike + circumduction (w/ leg thrown forward) + asymmetrical arm swing (due to spastic UE) + |
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Psoatic gait
- Legg-calve-perthes disease, psoas major weakness |
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Definition
| Hip ER/Flex/Add during swing-through; using adductors to pull leg through swing phase |
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