| ataxic gait | <neurology> Walking that is clumsy, uncoordinated. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| spastic gait | Gait in which the leg is stiff, without flexion at knee and ankle, and with each step is rotated away from the body, then towards it, forming a saemicircle. Synonym: circumduction gait, spastic gait. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ataxic | <medicine> Characterised by ataxy, that is, by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or by a want of coordinating power in movements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Origin: Cf. F. Ataxique. See Ataxia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ataxic abasia | Difficulty in walking due to ataxia of the legs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ataxic aphasia | A type of aphasia in which there is a deficit in speech production or language output, often accompanied by a deficit in communicating by writing, signs, etc. The patient is aware of his impairment. Synonym: anterior aphasia, ataxic aphasia, Broca's aphasia, expressive aphasia, nonfluent aphasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ataxic breathing | Completely irregular breathing pattern, with continually variable rate and depth of breathing; results from lesions in the respiratory centres in the brainstem, extending from the dorsomedial medulla caudally to the obex. Synonym: ataxic breathing, Biot's breathing, respiratory ataxia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ataxic dysarthria | Dysarthria caused by cerebellar lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ataxic paramyotonia | A disorder characterised by a tonic muscular spasm on attempted movement, associated with slight paresis and ataxia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ataxic paraplegia | Progressive ataxia and paresis of the leg muscles due to sclerosis of the lateral and posterior funiculi of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ataxic tremor | <neurology> A tremor which arises or which is intensified when a voluntary, coordinated movement is attempted. (18 Nov 1997) |
| antalgic gait | A characteristic gait resulting from pain on weightbearing in which the stance phase of gait is shortened on the affected side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal gait | A gait disturbance, characterised by walking on heel, due to paralysis of the calf muscles, seen following poliomyelitis and in some other neurologic diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gait | <neurology> Pattern of walking. (16 Dec 1997) |
| gait apraxia | Apraxia for walking, accompanied by inability to make walking movements with the legs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gluteus maximus gait | Compensatory backward propulsion of trunk to maintain centre of gravity over the supporting lower extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |