Gait 1

Question 1

What is the term used to describe a network of interneurons in the spinal cord which bundle neuron signaling to make complex actions more simple, modified by sensory information?

Answer 1

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS

Question 2

Which type of muscle fibre has: more mitochondria, is aerobic, has red mm fibers (more blood), generates less force, and has a denser population in postural muscle?

Answer 2

SLOW TWITCH or TYPE 1

Question 3

Which type of muscle fibre generates more force, fatigue quicker, denser in phasic muscles, white fibres (less blood), and are further classified into type 1 and 2?

Answer 3

FAST TWITCH or TYPE 2

Question 4

Are the non-primarily force generating spinal intrinsics (rotatores, intertransversarii, interspinalii) type 1 or type 2 mm fibers?

Answer 4

SLOW TWITCH or TYPE 1

Question 5

What movements will load the spinal intrinsics (rotatores, intertransversarii, interspinalii) to train the muscles and maintain their neurological competence?

Answer 5

COMPETENT ROTATION
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LATERAL FLEXION
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CIRCUMDUCTION

Question 6

Foot proprioceptors often __________ with muscles to produce a desired action during gait.

Answer 6

INTERACT

Question 7

The _________ _________ is essential for visually guided normal walking, especially precise stepping movements.

Answer 7

MOTOR CORTEX

normal walking often guided by vision

Question 8

The ________ __________ controls Gait variability, speed, and average gait cycle timing. __________ is the rate at which a person walks, expressed in steps per min.

Answer 8

BASAL GANGLIA
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CADENCE

Question 9

The _____________ fine-tunes locomotor patterns. Damage results in __________. It also compares intended and actual movements, and corrects. It also integrates vestibular (head) movement.

Answer 9

CEREBELLUM
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ATAXIA

Question 10

Name and briefly describe the type of gait seen with various Basal Ganglia disorders?

Answer 10

CHOREIFORM GAIT (HYPERKINETIC GAIT)
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IRREGULAR, JERKY, INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT

Question 11

Name and briefly describe the type of gait commonly seen with cerebellar disease?

Answer 11

ATAXIC GAIT
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-clumsy, staggering
-tibutation - swagger standing still
-variation is "double tap" (hard on heel, then toe)
-watching feet
-wide based

Question 12

Which type of gait would be described as including:

• rigidity and bradykinesia
• neck forward, bent knees
• UE in flexion, fingers extended
• difficulty initiating steps
• festination (accelerating steps)

Answer 12

PARKINSONIAN GAIT

Question 13

Which type of gait would be described as including:

• stroke patients
• unilateral weakness on affected side
• arm flex, add, int rot
• drags affected leg in semi-circle
• circumduction and foot drop

Answer 13

HEMIPLEGIC or HEMIPARETIC GAIT