- The parkinsonian gait is characterized by short, accelerating, shuffling steps. The client leans forward with the head, hips, and knees flexed, and has difficulty starting and stopping.
*A dystrophic gait is broad-based and waddling. A festinating gait is accelerating with walking on the toes. An ataxic gait is staggering and unsteady.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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