Gaits

Question 1

What gait has patients walking with a wide base, slapping their feet, and usually watch their legs so they know where they are?

Answer 1

Tabetic or ataxic

Question 2

What gait is the affected leg rigid and swung from the hip in a semicircle by movements of the trunk. The p attention leans to the affected side, and the arm on that side is held in a rigid, semi flexed position?

Answer 2

Hemiplegic

Question 3

What gait is characteristic of spastic paraplegia, the legs with be adducted, cross alternatively in front with knees scraping together, steps are short, progression is slow.

Answer 3

Scissors

Possibly Related to cerebral palsy

Question 4

What gait is from dislocated hips or muscular dystrophies, trunk muscles are used, patient rolls from side to side. A weakness of trunk and pelvic girdle will cause pelvic tilt?

Answer 4

Waddling gait

Question 5

What gait involves high knee movement and flopping of foot, toes drag on floor?

Answer 5

Steppage aka foot drop

Question 6

Paralysis of anterior tibial muscles, alcoholic neuritis, peroneal nerve injury, polio, progressive atrophy are related to what gait?

Answer 6

Steppage aka foot drop

Question 7

What gait? The movement of advancing leg starts slow then is flung forward and lands with a stomp, wide-based, irregular, reeling, deviated, staggering on turning. Irregularity and unsteadiness from vertigo, tendency to reel to one side, legs look loose.

Answer 7

Cerebellar

Question 8

What gait has a Forward leaning posture and short shuffling steps, begins slowly and becomes more rapid?

Answer 8

Propulsion or festination
Parkinson’s= extrapyramidal problems
Paralysis agitans

Question 9

What gait can simulate various paralysis-not organic. More pronounced, complete, can use leg if needed BIZARRE?

Answer 9

Hysterical

Question 10

What gait is hysterical ataxia with bizarre incoordination, patient can’t stand or walk, all leg movements can be done if patient is sitting or lying?

Answer 10

Atasia-abasia

Question 11

What gait is from pain in weight bearing, the affected limb is put down carefully and a short step is taken to remove the weight quickly from shortening of leg, deformity of foot, knee injury?

Answer 11

Limping

Question 12

What gait is from acute alcoholism or drug poisoning, multiple neuritis, brain tremors, multiple sclerosis, or general paresis?

Answer 12

Drunken aka staggering gait

Question 13

What gait is characteristic of posterior column disease and results from loss of proprioceptive sense in the extremities?

Answer 13

Tabetic or ataxic