Diseases

Neurologic Gait Disorders

Gait abnormalities that are a manifestation of nervous system dysfunction. These conditions may be caused by a wide variety of disorders which affect motor control, sensory feedback, and muscle strength including: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; or MUSCULAR DISEASES.

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Abstract

Gait abnormalities that are a manifestation of nervous system dysfunction. These conditions may be caused by a wide variety of disorders which affect motor control, sensory feedback, and muscle strength including: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; or MUSCULAR DISEASES.

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  • Ambulation Disorders, Neurologic
  • Gait Disorders, Neurologic
  • Gait Dysfunction, Neurologic
  • Locomotion Disorders, Neurologic
  • Neurologic Ambulation Disorders
  • Neurologic Locomotion Disorders
  • Ambulation Disorder, Neurologic
  • Gait Disorder, Neurologic
  • Gait Dysfunctions, Neurologic
  • Locomotion Disorder, Neurologic
  • Neurologic Ambulation Disorder
  • Neurologic Gait Disorder
  • Neurologic Gait Dysfunction
  • Neurologic Gait Dysfunctions
  • Neurologic Locomotion Disorder
  • Charcot Gait
  • Charcot's Gait
  • Duck Gait
  • Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor
  • Gait, Athetotic
  • Gait, Broadened
  • Gait, Drop Foot
  • Gait, Festinating
  • Gait, Frontal
  • Gait, Hemiplegic
  • Gait, Hysterical
  • Gait, Reeling
  • Gait, Rigid
  • Gait, Scissors
  • Gait, Shuffling
  • Gait, Spastic
  • Gait, Stumbling
  • Gait, Unsteady
  • Gait, Widebased
  • Marche a Petit Pas
  • Rapid Fatigue of Gait
  • Sensorimotor Gait Disorder
  • Athetotic Gait
  • Broadened Gait
  • Charcot Gaits
  • Charcots Gait
  • Drop Foot Gait
  • Festinating Gait
  • Foot Gait, Drop
  • Frontal Gait
  • Gait Disorders, Sensorimotor
  • Gait, Charcot
  • Gait, Charcot's
  • Gait, Duck
  • Gaits, Charcot
  • Hemiplegic Gait
  • Hysterical Gait
  • Reeling Gait
  • Rigid Gait
  • Scissors Gait
  • Sensorimotor Gait Disorders
  • Shuffling Gait
  • Shuffling Gaits
  • Spastic Gait
  • Stumbling Gait
  • Unsteady Gait
  • Widebased Gait

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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LAMENESS, ANIMAL is also available

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History Note

2000

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  • Gait (1965-1999)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neurologic Gait Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020233. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020233
  2. Neurologic Gait Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gait_abnormality
  3. Neurologic Gait Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827017