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CAUSES OF SPECIFIC GAITS
Propulsive gait:-->Carbon monoxide poisoning,Manganese poisoning ,Parkinson's disease,Drugs including phenothiazines, haloperidol, thiothixene, loxapine, metoclopramide, and metyrosine (usually drug effects are temporary)
Scissors gait: -->
Cerebrovascular accident (stroke),Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy (a problem with the vertebrae in the neck)
Liver failure ,Multiple sclerosis ,Pernicious anemia,Spinal cord trauma,Spinal cord tumor,Syphilitic meningomyelitis ,
Syringomyelia,Cerebral palsy
Spastic gait: -->
Brain abscess,Brain tumor,Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) ,Head trauma,Multiple sclerosis,
Steppage gait:->
Guillain-Barre syndrome,Herniated lumbar disk ,Multiple sclerosis ,Peroneal muscle atrophy,Peroneal nerve trauma ,
Poliomyelitis,Polyneuropathy ,Spinal cord trauma.
Waddling gait:-->
Congenital hip dysplasia,Muscular dystrophy ,Spinal muscle atrophy.
Treatable causes of gait disturbance are found in a substantial proportion of patients and include normal-pressure hydrocephalus, vitamin B12 deficiency, Parkinson’s disease, alcoholism, medication toxicity, cervical spondylotic myelopathy, lumbar spinal stenosis, joint contractures, and painful disorders of the lower extremity.
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