Myopathic_gait Knowpia

Myopathic gait
Myopathic gait
Specialty	Neurology
Causes	weakness of the proximal muscles of the pelvic girdle

Myopathic gait (or waddling gait) is a form of gait abnormality.

The "waddling" is due to the weakness of the proximal muscles of the pelvic girdle.^[1]

The patient uses circumduction to compensate for gluteal weakness.^[2]

Conditions associated with a myopathic gait include pregnancy, congenital hip dysplasia, muscular dystrophies and spinal muscular atrophy.

References edit

^ "Gait > Abnormal".
^ Saint, Sanjay; Wiese, Jeff; Bent, Stephen (2006). Clinical clerkships: the answer book. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 219. ISBN 0-7817-3754-0.