Background—Patients with severe chronic heart failure seem to take shorter steps than healthy controls when walking on a treadmill and when walking freely along a corridor. In healthy individuals the pattern of walking affects the oxygen cost of exercise, and so this observation might be relevant...
1.A particular way or manner of moving on foot:a person who ran with a clumsy, hobbling gait. 2.Any of the ways, such as a canter, trot, or walk, by which a horse can move by lifting the feet in different order or rhythm. ...
aka festinating gait; gait with short steps, wide base, + shuffling psoatic limp gait gait via psoas spasm or bursitis scissors gait gait via spasticity of thigh adductors; associated with cerebral palsy steppage gait gait via anterior compartment weakness hemiplegic gait gait via cerebrovascular ...
festinating gaitone in which the patient involuntarily moves with short, accelerating steps, often on tiptoe, with the trunk flexed forward and the legs flexed stiffly at the hips and knees. It is seen inparkinson's diseaseand other neurologic conditions that affect thebasalganglia. Called alsofe...
Freezing of gait (FoG) is quite prevalent in individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). It can be classified according to its behavioral manifestation associated with the movement of the legs with short and fast steps, alternating leg tremors, and akine
waddle- walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle" gait- a person's manner of walking Verb1. waddle- walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" coggle,dodder,toddle,totter,paddle ...
It saddens me and gladdens me, the gait with which we are leaving San Francisco behind and with which we are foaming down upon the tropics. View in context She was practicing steps, gaits and attitudes, apparently; she was doing the thing gracefully, and was very much absorbed in her wo...
Additionally and in line with Li et al. [36], falls occurred more often outdoors than indoors among older adults. Thus, future research should consider testing on an uneven surface, for instance, outdoors. Last, this study focused on short-term effects. We suggest that future research should...
As we report here, the pattern of gait consistent with the reported footprint measurements from Laetoli is one that might be described as `strolling', in which the stride is quite short, even when related to the maker's height.doi:10.1038/290496a0Charteris, J....
skip - a gait in which steps and hops alternate angry walk, stalk - a stiff or threatening gait prance, strut, swagger - a proud stiff pompous gait waddle - walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle" Based on WordNet 3.0,...