DrVirgo
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Parkinsonism gait.
Is it narrow based or broad based?
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| mildus
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I suppose it is broad based to increase stability; it is gait of small steps, decreased rising of feet from the ground, phenomena of hesitation, festination and freezing, anteflexion of the body
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| DrVirgo
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The right answer is narrow based gait. However in another explanation where they were describing the signs of Parkinsonism, they say there is a wide-based gait.
Anyway the important thing to remember is that the person takes small steps, makes wide turns and drags their feet (shuffling gait) -they try to avoid falling over... I don't know about narrow vs broad based gait though as I'm reading different things from various sources.
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| DrVirgo
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And by the way: broad-based gait is typical of cerebellar disease. (eg. cerebellar atrophy due to chronic alcohol abuse -which was the example given in UW)
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| DrVirgo
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Just to add:
-Slow broad based suffling gait -Normal pressure hydrocephalus
-Slow narrow based shuffling gait -Parkinsons
-Steppage gait is assoc. w/ Foot Drop.
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