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Other types of gait abnormalities include: Ataxic gait: This type of gait occurs with cerebellar degeneration. It causes irregular steps that affect your ability to walk in a straight line when you walk heel to toe. You may feel unsteady if you have an ataxic gait. Shuffling gait: Shuffling is walking without lifting your feet completely off ...
Ataxic Gait. (Cerebellar) Most commonly seen in cerebellar disease, this gait is described as clumsy, staggering movements with a wide-based gait. While standing still, the patient's body may swagger back and forth and from side to side, known as titubation.
Ataxia symptoms can develop over time or start suddenly. Ataxia can be a symptom of several nervous system conditions. Symptoms may include: Poor coordination. Walking unsteadily or with the feet set wide apart. Poor balance. Trouble with fine motor tasks such as eating, writing or buttoning a shirt. Changes in speech.
Ataxia manifests by a wide-based unsteady gait, errors of extremity trajectory or placement, errors in motor sequence or rhythm and/or by dysarthria. Tone is usually decreased and stretch reflexes may be “pendular.”
Gait, the pattern of walking or running, is a fundamental aspect of human movement, and disruptions to this pattern can signal underlying health issues across various medical specialties. Gait disturbances are described as any deviations from normal walking or gait.
Gait ataxia: Loss of coordination in the legs and/or proprioceptive input, or understanding where your body is in space, can cause you to feel like you need to hold onto something as you walk. You may also walk with your feet wide apart to compensate for the feeling of falling.
Ataxic gait refers to a type of abnormal walking pattern characterized by a lack of coordination and balance. It typically results from damage or dysfunction in the cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for motor control.
Ataxic gait is a complication in gait that is seen as a failure of coordination or irregularity of muscular action of the limb segments commonly caused by cerebellar dysfunction. From: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation (Fourth Edition), 2020
Gait-scissoring in a woman with Huntington chorea, alternating with a compensatory wide-based and almost ataxic gait. Associated involuntary choreatic movements can also be seen in the limbs.
In this chapter, we will focus on ataxic gait due to cerebellar circuitry impairment. We will present the anatomophysiological fundamental aspects of ataxic gait, the current methods of assessment and rehabilitation.