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[[Sensory Ataxia|Sensory ataxia]] may also cause a steppage gait because the patient lifts the feet up high and then slaps or stamps them down smartly to improve proprioceptive feedback. The gait of sensory ataxia may also cause a double tap but in that case the heel strikes first and smartly as the patient stamps the foot to the ground to improve proprioceptive feedback. The sound of the two varieties of double tap is quite different.

A pronounced steppage gait due to foot drops is much more common than a steppage gait from sensory ataxia. In severe polyneuropathies, the steppage gait may have components of both sensory ataxia and foot drop.

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