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  • ..., he lifts the foot as high as possible by exaggerated flexion of the hip and knee, then throws the foot out as he puts it down. In normal walking, heel ...y. This patient had severe CMT disease with marked atrophy below the knee and 0/5 strength in the foot dorsiflexors bilaterally. There is also marked atr
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  • ...pany them. The choreic gait may appear grotesque, with dancing or prancing and abundant extraneous movement. It may look histrionic but is all too real. ...probably HD. Note the involuntary, irregular, jerky movements of the body and extremities, especially on the right side. There are also choreiform moveme
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  • ...ere, when unaided gait is impossible (Video). It has been referred to as a gait apraxia. ...ep height. NPH causes more widening of the base and outwardly rotated feet and is less responsive to external cues such as marching to a cadence or in ste
    3 KB (445 words) - 21:35, 13 January 2018
  • ...aintaining its stable position. The hip on the stance side moves laterally and the hip on the swing side droops downward. ...stride of a runway model and is also sometimes referred to as a “sexy” gait.
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  • ...ss of normal arm swing and slight circumduction of the leg may be the only gait abnormalities in very mild hemiparesis. ...resis.(3) Note how she holds her right upper extremity flexed at the elbow and the hand with the thumb tucked under the closed fingers ("cortical fisting"
    2 KB (322 words) - 00:11, 20 November 2017