Myopathic gait

Myopathic gait
Myopathic gait
Specialty	Neurology
Causes	weakness of the proximal muscles of the pelvic girdle

Myopathic gait (or waddling gait) is a form of gait abnormality.

The "waddling" is due to the weakness of the proximal muscles of the pelvic girdle.^[1]

The patient uses circumduction to compensate for gluteal weakness.^[2]

Conditions associated with a myopathic gait include pregnancy, congenital hip dysplasia, muscular dystrophies and spinal muscular atrophy.

References[]

^ "Gait > Abnormal".
^ Saint, Sanjay; Wiese, Jeff; Bent, Stephen (2006). Clinical clerkships: the answer book. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 219. ISBN 0-7817-3754-0.

v t Signs and symptoms relating to movement and gait
Gait	Gait abnormality CNS Scissor gait Cerebellar ataxia Festinating gait Marche à petit pas Propulsive gait Stomping gait Spastic gait Magnetic gait Truncal ataxia Muscular Myopathic gait Trendelenburg gait Pigeon gait Steppage gait Antalgic gait
Coordination	Ataxia Cerebellar ataxia Dysmetria Dysdiadochokinesia Pronator drift Dyssynergia Sensory ataxia Asterixis
Abnormal movement	Athetosis Tremor Fasciculation Fibrillation
Posturing	Abnormal posturing Opisthotonus Spasm Trismus Cramp Tetany Myokymia Joint locking
Paralysis	Flaccid paralysis Spastic paraplegia Spastic diplegia Spastic paraplegia Syndromes Monoplegia Diplegia / Paraplegia Hemiplegia Triplegia Tetraplegia / Quadruplegia General causes Upper motor neuron lesion Lower motor neuron lesion
Weakness	Hemiparesis
Other	Rachitic rosary Hyperreflexia Clasp-knife response