Etiology of Various Abnormal Gaits

Question 1

Hemiparetic

Answer 1

Brainstem, cerebral hemisphere

Stroke, tumor, trauma

Question 2

Paraparetic

Answer 2

Spinal cord
demyelination (MS), transverse myelitis, compressive myelopathy

OR

bihemispheral
diffuse anoxic injury

Question 3

Akinetic-rigid

Answer 3

basal ganglia

parkinson disease, other parkinsonian syndromes

Question 4

Frontal

Answer 4

frontal lobes
hydrocephalus, tumor, stroke, neurodegenerative

OR

subcortical
Biswanger disease

Question 5

Waddling

Answer 5

Hip-girdle weakness

muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, acquired proximal myopathy

Question 6

Slapping

Answer 6

Large-fiber neuropathy
Vitamin B12 deficiency

OR

Dorsal columns
Tabes dorsalis