Gait abnormality

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Name of Symptom/Sign:
**Abnormalities of gait and mobility**
*Classifications and external resources*
ICD-10	R 26.
ICD-9	781.2
DiseasesDB	15409
MedlinePlus	003199
eMedicine	pmr/225

Persons suffering from peripheral neuropathy experience numbness and tingling in their hands and feet.

This can cause difficulty in walking, climbing stairs and maintaining balance. Gait abnormality that results from chemotherapy is generally temporary in nature, though recovery times of six months to a year are common.

1 Specific abnormalities and examples of causes
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Specific abnormalities and examples of causes

[edit] Antalgic gait

User favors certain motions to avoid acute pain. [1]

[edit] Drunken gait/Cerebellar ataxia

Reeling in a style like that of an intoxicated person. [2]

Cerebellar lesion

Cerebellar lesion signs*: DANISH
D - dysdiadochokinesis, dysarthria, difficulty with heel-shin test
A - ataxic gait, increased automatic movements e.g. arm swinging
N - nystagmus, fast phase towards the side of the lesion (ipsilaeral)
I - intention/kinetic tremor
S - slurred, monotonous speech with multisyllabic words pronounced slowly and separately e.g. "hip-po-pot-a-mus"
H - hyptonic limbs and posture

cerebellar signs are ipsilateral (on the same side of the body as the lesion) and limb symptoms are less the more mid-line the cereballar lesion is (e.g. an infarct next to the centrally placed cereballar vermis)

[edit] Festinating gait/Parkinsonian gait

Patient moves with short, jerky steps. Term derives from Latin "festino", or "to hurry". [3] [4] [5]

Parkinson's disease

[edit] Pigeon gait

Torsional abnormalities. [6]

Hip dysplasia

[edit] Propulsive gait

Stiff, with head and neck bent. [7]

[edit] Steppage gait/High stepping gait

Toes point down. [8] [9] [10]

[edit] Scissor gait

Legs flexed slightly at the hips and knees, giving the appearance of crouching, with the knees and thighs hitting or crossing in a scissors-like movement. Often mixed with or accompanied by spastic gait, a stiff, foot-dragging walk caused by one-sided, long-term muscle contraction. Most common in patients with spastic cerebral palsy, usually diplegic and paraplegic varieties. The individual is forced to walk on tiptoe unless the dorsiflexor muscles are released by an orthaepedic surgical procedure. Muscle contractures of the adductors result in thighs and knees rubbing together and crossing in a manner analogous to scissors.

These features are typical, and usually result in some form and to some degree regardless of the mildness or severity of the spastic CP condition.