Magnetic gait

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Magnetic gait is a form of gait abnormality.

Presentation

Feet seem attached to floor as if by a magnet. In magnetic gait, each step is initiated in a "wresting" motion carrying feet upward and forward. Magnetic gait can be visualized in terms of a powerful magnet being forcefully pulled from a steel plate.

Associated conditions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Normal pressure hydrocephalus". 
  2. ↑ Saint, Sanjay; Wiese, Jeff; Bent, Stephen (2006). Clinical clerkships: the answer book. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 219. ISBN 0-7817-3754-0. 
Primarily nervous system
Primarily CNS
Movement disorders
Gait abnormality
Lack of coordination
Other
Primarily PNS
Gait abnormality
Primarily muscular
Movement disorders
Gait abnormality
Other
Primarily skeletal
Primarily joint


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