Magnetic gait
Magnetic gait is a form of gait abnormality.
Presentation
The person's feet seem attached to the floor as if by a magnet. In magnetic gait, each step is initiated in a "wresting" motion carrying feet upward and forward. Magnetic gait can be visualized in terms of a powerful magnet being forcefully pulled from a steel plate.[citation needed]
Associated conditions
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)[1]
See also
- Bruns ataxia
References
- ^ Saint, Sanjay; Wiese, Jeff; Bent, Stephen (2006). Clinical clerkships: the answer book. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 219. ISBN 0-7817-3754-0.
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Signs and symptoms relating to movement and gait
- Gait abnormality
- CNS
- Scissor gait
- Cerebellar ataxia
- Choreic gait
- Festinating gait/Parkinsonian gait
- Magnetic gait
- Marche à petit pas
- Propulsive gait
- Stomping gait
- Spastic gait
- Truncal ataxia
- Vestibular gait
- Muscular
- Myopathic gait/Waddling gait
- Trendelenburg gait
- Pigeon gait
- Foot drop
- Asymmetric gait
- Asynchronous gait
- Deformity
- Abnormal posturing
- Stooped posture
- Opisthotonus
- Spasm
- Trismus
- Cramp
- Tetany
- Hypertonia
- Joint locking
- Catalepsy
- Waxy flexibility
- Grimacing
- Tonic immobility
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