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  2. Gross motor skill - Wikipedia

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    These gross movements come from large muscle groups and whole body movement. These skills develop in a head-to-toe order. The children will typically learn head control, trunk stability, and then standing up and walking. It is shown that children exposed to outdoor play time activities will develop better gross motor skills.

  3. Duchenne muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia

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    There is general difficulty with motor skills, which can result in an awkward manner of walking, stepping, or running. [15] They tend to walk on their toes, [15] in part due to shortening of the Achilles tendon, [16] and because it compensates for knee extensor weakness. [12] Falls can be frequent. [17] It becomes increasingly difficult for the ...

  4. Toe walking - Wikipedia

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    Toe walking is a term describing a type of walking style. Toe walking is when a person walks on their toes or the ball of their foot, without putting much or any weight on the heel or any other part of the foot. [1] Toe walking in toddlers is common. Children who toe walk as toddlers commonly adopt a heel-toe walking pattern as they grow older.

  5. What Our Boomer Parents *Really* Think About the Gentle ... - AOL

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    These include “respecting the child, taking the child’s perspective into account, empathizing with and validating the child, and building the parent-child bond through positive experiences.”

  6. Mom Arrested For Letting 10-Year-Old Son Walk Alone ...

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    Authorities claimed the child was endangered, but Patterson argued the short walk was safe. The case sparked community support, with over $55,000 raised for her legal defense.

  7. Ataxia - Wikipedia

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    Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order") is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements, that indicates dysfunction of parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement, such as the cerebellum.

  8. Gait abnormality - Wikipedia

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    Gait abnormality is a deviation from normal walking ().Watching a patient walk is an important part of the neurological examination. Normal gait requires that many systems, including strength, sensation and coordination, function in an integrated fashion.

  9. Why walking like a penguin is safer on ice - AOL

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    Well, according to Info Graphics, our feathered friends down in Antarctica could teach us a few things about how to safely walk (sorry, waddle) on ice! Think about it: Normally, when people walk ...