Gait Flashcards

1
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Cause of Shuffling & Festinating Gait (1).

A

Parkinsonism.

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Pathophysiology of High-Stepping Gait.

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Lower Motor Neurone lesion - high-stepping gait and foot drop.

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3
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Give 4 causes of a unilateral high-stepping gait.

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  1. Radiculopathy at L5 Root.
  2. Neuropathy of Sciatic Nerve.
  3. Neuropathy of Common Peroneal Nerve.
  4. Polio at Anterior Horn.
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Give 3 causes of a bilateral high-stepping gait.

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  1. Cauda Equina.
  2. Peripheral Neuropathy.
  3. Polyneuropathies e.g. GBS, CMTD.
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Gait in Cerebellar Disease.

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Broad-Based Ataxic Gait.

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Give 3 causes of Spastic & Circumducting Gait.

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They are usually accompanied by other UMN signs.

  1. Multiple Sclerosis.
  2. Space-Occupying Lesions (SOLs).
  3. Tumours.
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Give 2 causes of Spastic & Scissoring Gait.

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  1. Cord Lesions - due to Trauma, Compression, Syringomyelia or Transverse Myelitis.
  2. Bihemispheric Brain Lesions - due to Cerebral Palsy or Multiple Sclerosis.
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