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Ataxic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern characterized by staggering and
unsteadiness.
There is usually a wide base of support and movements are exaggerated.
Double Step - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern which alternate steps are of a
different length or at a different rate.
Equine - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern characterized by high steps; usually
involves excessive activity of the gastrocnemius.
Festinating - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern where a patient walks on toes as
though pushed.
,It starts slowly, increases, and may continue until the patient grasps an object in
order to stop.
Spastic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern with stiff movement, toes seeming to
catch and drag, legs held together, and hip and knee joints slightly flex.
Steppage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern in which the feet and toes are lifted
through hip and knee flexion to excessive heights; usually secondary to dorsiflexor
weakness.
The foot will SLAP at initial contact with the ground secondary to the decreased
control.
Tabetic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A high stepping ataxic gait pattern in which the feet slap
the ground.
Vaulting - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern where the swing leg advances by
compensating through the combination of elevation of the pelvis and plantar
flexion of the stance leg.
Contusion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A sudden blow to a part of the body that can result in
mild to severe damage to superficial and deep structures.
Treatment includes AROM, ice and compression
, Sprain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An acute injury involving a ligament.
Strain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An injury involving the musculotendinous unit that
involves a muscle, tendon, or their attachments to bone.
Reciprocating Gait Orthosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A derivative of the HKAFO and
incorporate a cable system to assist with advancement of the L.E. during gait.
Patient shifts weight onto a selected L.E., the cable system advances the opposite
L.E.
Primarily used for patients with paraplegia.
Parapodiums - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A standing frame designed to allow a patient to sit
when necessary.
A prefabricated frame and ambulation is achieved by shifting weight and rocking
the base across the floor.
Primarily used by pediatric population.
Corset - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Constructed of fabric and may have metal uprights within
the material to provide abdominal compression and support.
Utilized to provide pressure and relieve pain associated with mild and low back
pathologies.
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Ataxic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern characterized by staggering and
unsteadiness.
There is usually a wide base of support and movements are exaggerated.
Double Step - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern which alternate steps are of a
different length or at a different rate.
Equine - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern characterized by high steps; usually
involves excessive activity of the gastrocnemius.
Festinating - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern where a patient walks on toes as
though pushed.
,It starts slowly, increases, and may continue until the patient grasps an object in
order to stop.
Spastic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern with stiff movement, toes seeming to
catch and drag, legs held together, and hip and knee joints slightly flex.
Steppage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern in which the feet and toes are lifted
through hip and knee flexion to excessive heights; usually secondary to dorsiflexor
weakness.
The foot will SLAP at initial contact with the ground secondary to the decreased
control.
Tabetic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A high stepping ataxic gait pattern in which the feet slap
the ground.
Vaulting - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A gait pattern where the swing leg advances by
compensating through the combination of elevation of the pelvis and plantar
flexion of the stance leg.
Contusion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A sudden blow to a part of the body that can result in
mild to severe damage to superficial and deep structures.
Treatment includes AROM, ice and compression
, Sprain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An acute injury involving a ligament.
Strain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An injury involving the musculotendinous unit that
involves a muscle, tendon, or their attachments to bone.
Reciprocating Gait Orthosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A derivative of the HKAFO and
incorporate a cable system to assist with advancement of the L.E. during gait.
Patient shifts weight onto a selected L.E., the cable system advances the opposite
L.E.
Primarily used for patients with paraplegia.
Parapodiums - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A standing frame designed to allow a patient to sit
when necessary.
A prefabricated frame and ambulation is achieved by shifting weight and rocking
the base across the floor.
Primarily used by pediatric population.
Corset - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Constructed of fabric and may have metal uprights within
the material to provide abdominal compression and support.
Utilized to provide pressure and relieve pain associated with mild and low back
pathologies.
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
