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  2. Gait abnormality - Wikipedia

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    Gait abnormality is a deviation from normal walking ().Watching a patient walk is an important part of the neurological examination. Normal gait requires that many systems, including strength, sensation and coordination, function in an integrated fashion.

  3. Gait deviations - Wikipedia

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    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, normal pressure hydrocephalus, and Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease. Research has shown that ...

  4. Gait Abnormality Rating Scale - Wikipedia

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    Gait Abnormality Rating Scale (GARS) [1] is a videotape-based analysis of 16 facets of human gait. It has been evaluated as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for injury from falls. It has been evaluated as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for injury from falls.

  5. Gait (human) - Wikipedia

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    Abnormal gait is a result of one or more of these tracts being disturbed. This can happen developmentally or as the result of neurodegeneration . [ 11 ] The most prominent example of gait irregularities due to developmental problems comes from studies of children on the autism spectrum .

  6. Gait speed is one of your vital signs, so make sure yours is OK

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    Gait is the way in which you walk. While everyone’s gait differs, you may develop an abnormal gait due to illness, injury, genetics, or issues with your legs or feet.

  7. Steppage gait - Wikipedia

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    Steppage gait (high stepping, neuropathic gait) is a form of gait abnormality characterised by foot drop or ankle equinus due to loss of dorsiflexion. [1] The foot hangs with the toes pointing down, causing the toes to scrape the ground while walking, requiring someone to lift the leg higher than normal when walking.

  8. Trendelenburg gait - Wikipedia

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    Trendelenburg gait, named after Friedrich Trendelenburg, is an abnormal human gait. It is caused by weakness or ineffective action of the gluteus medius muscle and the gluteus minimus muscle .

  9. Gait analysis - Wikipedia

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    Gait analysis is the systematic study of animal locomotion, ... Gait Abnormality Rating Scale; Gait deviations; Multilinear principal component analysis;