gait
101quadriceps gait — a gait seen when the quadriceps muscle is paralyzed or absent; with each step of the affected leg, the knee goes into hyperextension and the trunk tends to lurch forward …
102scissors gait — a gait in which one foot is passed in front of the other, producing a cross legged progression …
103staggering gait — a reeling, tottering, and tipping gait in which the individual appears as if they may fall backward or lose balance; it is associated with alcohol or barbiturate intoxication …
104swing gait — a gait in which the lower body is swung between the crutches at each step; see swing through g. and swing to g …
105swing-through gait — a gait in which the crutches are advanced and then the legs are swung past them …
106swing-to gait — a gait in which the crutches are advanced and the legs are swung to the same point …
107tabetic gait — an ataxic gait that accompanies tabes dorsalis …
108tandem gait — a gait used in neurologic assessments; the patient is told to walk in a straight line and at the end of each step to touch the heel of the foot in front to the toe of the foot behind …
109three-point gait — a gait in which both crutches and the affected leg are advanced together and then the normal leg is moved forward …
110Trendelenburg gait — the gait characteristic of paralysis of the gluteus medius muscle, marked by a listing of the trunk toward the affected side at each step. See also Trendelenburg test (def. 2), under test. Called also compensated gluteus medius g. and gluteal g …
