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ICD-10 | R26 |
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ICD-9 | 781.2 |
OMIM | [1] |
MedlinePlus | 003199 |
eMedicine | pmr/225 |
DiseasesDB | 15409 |
Gait abnormality typically results from affections of nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Persons suffering from peripheral neuropathy experience numbness and tingling in their hands and feet. This can cause ambulation impairment, trouble in climbing stairs and maintaining balance. Gait abnormality is also common in persons with nervous system affections such as Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Myasthenia gravis among others. Orthopedic corrective treatments may also manifest into gait abnormality, such as lower extremity amputation, post-fracture, and arthroplasty (joint replacement). Difficulty in ambulation that results from chemotherapy is generally temporary in nature, though recovery times of six months to a year are common. Likewise, difficulty in walking due to arthritis, joint pains (antalgic gait) sometimes resolve spontaneously once the pain is gone.[1][2].
Specific abnormalities and examples of causes
Antalgic gait
User favors certain motions to avoid acute pain. [3]
- Trauma
- Osteoarthritis
- Pelvic girdle pain
Drunken gait/Cerebellar ataxia
Reeling in a style like that of an intoxicated person. [4]
- Ataxia
- Cerebellar lesions
- Cerebellar degeneration
- Intoxications
Festinating gait/Parkinsonian gait
Patient moves with short, jerky steps. Term derives from Latin "festino", or "to hurry". [5] [6][7]
Magnetic gait
Myopathic gait
Pigeon gait
Torsional abnormalities. [8]
- Hip dysplasia
Propulsive gait
Stiff, with head and neck bent. [9]
Steppage gait/High stepping gait
- Polio
- Multiple sclerosis
- Guillian-Barre
- Disk herniation
- Peroneal Muscle Atropy
- peroneal Nerve Injury
[Spastic gait]]
Stomping gait
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.
- rigidity and excessive adduction of the leg in swing
- plantar flexion of the ankle
- flexion at the knee
- adduction and internal rotation at the hip
- contractures of all spastic muscles
- complicated assisting movements of the upper limbs when walking [13].[14]
See also
- Spastic diplegia
- Pernicious anemia
- Spastic paraplegia
Sensory ataxia gait/Stomping gait
Uncoordinated walking [15][16][17][18]
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Pernicious anemia
- Tabes Dorsalis (Syphilis)
Spastic gait
Asymmetric foot dragging. [19][20]
- Brain tumor
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Cerebral palsy
Trendelenburg gait
- weakness of the abductor muscles of the lower limb, principally gluteus medius
Waddling/Myopathic gait
Magnetic gait
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.
See also
- Ataxia
- Limp
- Foot drop
- Gait Abnormality Rating Scale
External links
- Gait Abnormality Coding Checklist by Jun Mapili, PT, MAEd
- Children's Hospital Boston
- Classification
- Case Study
- Utah
References
- ↑ Gait Abnormality Coding Checklist by Jun Mapili, PT, MAEd
- ↑ ICD-9-cm Chrisenders
- ↑ GP Notebook
- ↑ GP Notebook
- ↑ Medfriendly
- ↑ About Physical Therapy
- ↑ GP Notebook
- ↑ GP Notebook
- ↑ Medline Plus
- ↑ Medline Plus
- ↑ Med Terms
- ↑ GP Notebook
- ↑ Medline Plus
- ↑ GP Notebook
- ↑ Medical Web Ends
- ↑ About Physical Therapy
- ↑ GP Notebook
- ↑ Disease Database
- ↑ Medline Plus
- ↑ About Physical Therapy
- ↑ Medline Plus
- ↑ GP Notebook
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Circulatory and respiratory systems | Tachycardia - Bradycardia - Palpitation - Nosebleed - Hemoptysis - Cough - Dyspnea - Orthopnoea - Stridor - Wheeze - Cheyne-Stokes respiration - Hyperventilation - Mouth breathing - Hiccup - Chest pain - Asphyxia - Pleurisy - Respiratory arrest - Sputum - Bruit |
Digestive system and abdomen | Abdominal pain - Acute abdomen - Nausea - Vomiting - Heartburn - Dysphagia - Flatulence - Burping - Fecal incontinence - Encopresis - Hepatomegaly - Splenomegaly - Hepatosplenomegaly - Jaundice - Ascites - Halitosis |
Skin and subcutaneous tissue | Hypoesthesia - Paresthesia - Hyperesthesia - Rash - Cyanosis - Pallor - Flushing - Petechia - Desquamation - Induration |
Nervous and musculoskeletal systems | Tremor - Spasm - Fasciculation - Gait abnormality - Ataxia - Tetany - Meningism - Hyperreflexia |
Urinary system | Dysuria - Vesical tenesmus - Urinary incontinence - Urinary retention - Oliguria - Polyuria - Nocturia |
Cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour | Anxiety - Somnolence - Coma - Anterograde amnesia - Retrograde amnesia - Dizziness - Anosmia - Parosmia - Parageusia |
Speech and voice | Dysarthria - Alexia - Agnosia - Apraxia - Dysphonia |
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