Spastic gait
Spastic gait is a form of gait abnormality.
Among the treatment options is chemodenervation.[1]
Presentation
Asymmetric foot dragging.[2][3]
Conditions associated with a spastic gait
- Brain tumor
- Brain abscess
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Cerebral palsy
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Multiple sclerosis
- severe combined degenerative disease, vitamin B 12 deficiency *
References
- ↑ Esquenazi A (2004). "Evaluation and management of spastic gait in patients with traumatic brain injury". J Head Trauma Rehabil. 19 (2): 109–18. doi:10.1097/00001199-200403000-00004. PMID 15247822.
- ↑ Medline Plus
- ↑ About Physical Therapy
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