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The pGALS screening questions Do you (or does your child) have any pain or stiffness in your joints, muscles or your back? Do you (or does your child) have any difficulty getting yourself dressed without any help? Do you (or does your child) have any difficulty going up and down stairs? Gait Observe the child walking “Walk on your tip-toes ...
The symptoms include poor balance and difficulty walking. Chronic cough and difficulty swallowing may also be present. Clinical findings include ataxia, sensory neuropathy, and absence of the vestibulo-ocular reflex. The syndrome was initially described in 2004. [1] In 2019, the cause was identified as biallelic pentanucleotide expansion in the ...
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
This can cause ambulation impairment, such as trouble climbing stairs or maintaining balance. Gait abnormality is also common in persons with nervous system problems such as cauda equina syndrome , multiple sclerosis , Parkinson's disease (with characteristic Parkinsonian gait ), Alzheimer's disease , vitamin B 12 deficiency , myasthenia gravis ...
Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order") is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements, that indicates dysfunction of parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement, such as the cerebellum.
Orthostatic intolerance (OI) is the development of symptoms when standing upright that are relieved when reclining. [1] There are many types of orthostatic intolerance. OI can be a subcategory of dysautonomia, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system [2] occurring when an individual stands up. [3]
Patients often have difficulty standing on their toes, difficulty walking on uneven surfaces, difficulty walking up and down stairs, and unusual or uneven wear on shoes. [ 1 ] In later stages, the arches collapse, the ankle rolls inwards, and the ankle joint begins to degenerate.
2.27–10 per 100,000 [6] Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy ( LGMD ) is a genetically heterogeneous group of rare muscular dystrophies that share a set of clinical characteristics. [ 7 ] It is characterised by progressive muscle wasting which affects predominantly hip and shoulder muscles. [ 8 ]