what is a spastic gait?

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What is the meaning of the word spasticity?

Answer 1

Tight muscles: When muscles of lower limbs have increased tone or have stiffness the walking is not fluid normal type. Gait is est seen than described.

Answer 2

Gait: A spastic gait is a very stiff sometimes robotic looking walk where the patient has difficulty coordinating the leg movements. The gait typically has a "jerky" movement and it varies depending on severity of the spasticity.

Answer 3

Nonspecific: Could be alcohol or drug intoxication, but could also be a hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration, multiple sclerosis, inner ear problems, a multitude of other neurological conditions, narcolepsy with cataplexy, anemia, hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia. So, a variety of considerations, as gait imbalance can be caused by many different problems.

Answer 4

No: Not at all. There are very specific signs and symptoms which must correlate with the criteria for schizophrenia, but gait is not one of them. Sometimes, a child will have motor developmental problems, such as clumbsiness and awkward, poor coordination in association with pervasive development disorders such as autism-which is at times confused with schizophrenia.

Answer 5

Gait: No correlation between thought disorders & movement disorders.

Answer 6

No: Gait problems are not a classic sign of schizophrenia, altho some ppl w/ schizophrenia may have poor body awareness. Gait disorders are more commonly associated w/ disorders such as parkinson's, cerebral palsy, ms, muscular dystrophy, huntington's, etc., or they can be due to brain injury (e.g., strokes), drugs, leg injuries, inner ear problems, arthritis, conversion disorder . .

Answer 7

No: Gait problems are not a classic sign of schizophrenia, altho some ppl w/ schizophrenia may have poor body awareness. Gait disorders are more commonly associated w/ disorders such as parkinson's, cerebral palsy, ms, muscular dystrophy, huntington's, etc., or they can be due to brain injury (e.g., strokes), drugs, leg injuries, inner ear problems, arthritis, conversion disorder . . ..

Answer 8

Both abnormal gaits: Watch the leg that is weight bearing. In an antalgic gait there is a shortened stance phase relative to the swing phase (like when someone doesn't want to step fully on the leg). Whereas from a frontal view, a trendelenburg gait usually has a muscle weakness in the hip abductors on the leg that the person is standing on and a tilt (hip drop) noted on the leg that is non-weightbearing.

Answer 9

Many: Metabolic, neurological , orthopedic , etc. see your doc

Answer 10

Varies by cause: The key to fixing an awkward gait is determing the cause - is it muscular, skeletal, neurological, etc. Pt can help for muscular injuries, and for some neurological conditions meds can help. As always good diagnosis begets good treatment and better outcomes.

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