Neuro deviations

Question 1

Weak abductors

Answer 1

Trandelenburg

Question 2

Spastic adductors

Answer 2

Scissoring

Question 3

Weak hip flexors during swing

Answer 3

Circumducted gate external rotation with adduction backward leaning of trunk or exaggerated flexion synergy

Question 4

Week knee extensors

Knee flexes during stance

Answer 4

Compensatory locking of knee in hyperextension

Spastic quads may yield hyperextended knee

Question 5

Common ankle abnormalities

Answer 5

Equinus gait
Varus foot
Equinovarus position

Question 6

————cadence, ———- timing, ———— step length

Answer 6

Decreased cadence, uneven timing, unequal step length

Question 7

Weakness or severe spasticity of the quads

Answer 7

Genu recurvatum

Question 8

Limited tibial advancement (eg. spasticity of plantar flexors)

Answer 8

Circumduction

Question 9

Crouched Gait (CP)

Answer 9

Walks with hip flexion, hip internal rotation, and knee flexion. May also toe walk.

Question 10

Weakness of severe spasticity of the quadriceps causes…

Answer 10

Genu recurvatum