Page: 14 (Gaits) Flashcards
Walking with the thigh in flexion, abduction and external rotation is characteristic of?
a. ) Psoas gait
b. ) Parkinson’s disease
c. ) The swing phase
d. ) The stance phase
a.) Psoas gait
Which of the following gaits occurs with a lesion of the Common Peroneal Nerve?
a. ) Stamping gait
b. ) Steppage gait
c. ) Myopathic gait
d. ) Circumduction gait
b.) Steppage gait
During gait analysis, your patient manifests a gluteus maximus lurch. Which neurologic level is impaired?
a. ) L3
b. ) L4
c. ) L5
d. ) S1
d.) S1
A patient that has a lesion located in the basal ganglia (Substantia nigra), would present with which one of the following gaits?
a. ) Steppage gait
b. ) Waddling gait
c. ) Festinating gait
d) . Stamping gait
c.) Festinating gait (aka: “Propulsion gait” or “ Shuffling gait”)
Which of the following gaits occurs in Cerebral Palsy?
a. ) Scissor gait
b. ) Shuffling gait
c. ) Waddling gait
d. ) Spastic gait
a.) Scissor gait
Which of the following gaits occurs in UMNL?
a. ) Scissor gait
b. ) Shuffling gait
c. ) Waddling gait
d. ) Spastic gait
d.) Spastic gait
Which of the following gaits occurs in Muscular Dystrophy?
a. ) Festinating gait
b. ) Slappage gait
c. ) Hemiplegic gait
d. ) Waddling gait
d.) Waddling gait
Which of the following gaits occurs with a lesion of the L4 nerve?
a. ) Stamping gait
b. ) Steppage gait
c. ) Myopathic gait
d. ) Circumduction gait
b.) Steppage gait
During gait analysis, your patient manifests a drastic weak gluteus medius lurch. Which gait is characteristic of this?
a. ) Circumduction gait
b. ) Trendelenburg gait
c. ) Shuffling gait
d. ) Waddling gait
b.) Trendelenburg gait
Which of the following gaits occurs with paresis of the tibialias anterior?
a. ) Stamping gait
b. ) Steppage gait
c. ) Myopathic gait
d. ) Circumduction gait
b.) Steppage gait
Which of the following gaits occurs in Posterior column disease?
a. ) Festinating gait
b. ) Slappage gait
c. ) Hemiplegic gait
d. ) Waddling gait
b. ) Slappage gait (aka: “Sensory ataxia”)
- Difficulty walking in the dark.
Which of the following gaits is associated with a patients knee’s crossing the midline while walking?
a. ) Scissor gait
b. ) Shuffling gait
c. ) Waddling gait
d. ) Spastic gait
a.) Scissor gait
Which of the following gaits utilized to avoid provoking pain?
a. ) Sensory ataxia
b. ) Propulsion gait
c. ) Antalgic gait
d. ) Waddling gait
c.) Antalgic gait
Which of the following gaits is characteristic of a stroke?
a. ) Stamping gait
b. ) Steppage gait
c. ) Myopathic gait
d. ) Circumduction gait
d.) Circumduction gait (aka: “Spastic hemiplegic”)
Which of the following gaits is characteristic of having foot drop?
a. ) Stamping gait
b. ) Steppage gait
c. ) Myopathic gait
d. ) Circumduction gait
b.) Steppage gait
Which of the following gaits does a patient have with a forward leaning posture and small shuffling steps?
a. ) Slappage gait
b. ) Hemiplegic gait
c. ) Propulsion gait
d. ) Steppage gait
c.) Propulsion gait (aka: “Festinating gait” or “Shuffling gait”)
Which of the following gaits is associated with a WIDE base and the Cerebellum?
a. ) Slappage gait
b. ) Hemiplegic gait
c. ) Propulsion gait
d. ) Motor ataxic gait
d.) Motor ataxic gait (aka: “Drunken gait”)
ACCELERATION of the thigh is the action of the _____ and _____?
iliopsoas
rectus femoris
DECELERATION is accomplished by the _____?
hamstrings
HEEL STRIKE fires the _____, which _____ contract?
tibialis anterior
concentrically
FOOT FLAT fires the _____?
gastrocnemius
TOE OFF fires the _____, which _____ contract?
quadriceps
eccentrically
During heel strike phase of a normal gait, which muscle is contracted?
a. ) Tibialis anterior
b. ) Gastrocnemius
c. ) Peroneus brevis
d. ) Extensor Hallicus longus
a.) Tibialis anterior
Which of the following muscles is the most active during the terminal swing phase of gait?
a. ) Quadriceps
b. ) Hamstrings
c. ) Psoas
d. ) Gluteals
a.) Quadriceps
A patient with Gluteus Maximus weakness will present with what type of gait?
a. ) Extensor lurch
b. ) Steppage
c. ) Circumduction
d. ) Trendelenburg
a.) Extensor lurch
60% of a normal GAIT is what phase?
a. ) Swing phase
b. ) Stance phase
b.) Stance phase
40% of a normal GAIT is what phase?
a. ) Swing phase
b. ) Stance phase
a.) Swing phase
