An excellent demonstration of different gait patterns by Dr Abraham Verghese, The Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. Subscribe to Stanford Medicine 25 Youtube channel for more such videos!
The different gaits demonstrated in this video are:
- Also known as circumduction gait
- Stroke / Hemiplegia
- Festinating gait (involuntary inclination to take accelerating steps)
- “marche a petits pas” (walk of little steps)
- Parkinson’s disease / Parkinsonism
- Cerebellar diseases or its connections
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Spastic gait
- Cerebral palsy, MS
- Waddling gait
- Hip girdle weakness (Gluteus medius)
- High steppage gait (Foot drop)
- Not really a gait
Spine 101 