2024年2月15日 · It’s also called myopathic gait and can be caused by several conditions. Waddling Gait in Pregnancy. Pregnancy is one of the most common causes of a waddling gait. Your body goes...

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 ...

Abnormal gait (walking disorder) types include: hemiplegic, diplegic, neuropathic, myopathic, Parkinsonian, choreiform, ataxic, and sensory.

2024年10月17日 · Waddling gait, also known as myopathic gait, is one example of an inappropriate gait. The reason for the waddling is a weakening of the pelvic girdle’s proximal muscles. For instance, in myopathies, weakness in the muscles of the upper thighs and hip region results in pelvic instability during standing as well as walking.

Waddling gait (myopathic gait). In waddling gait weakness in the gluteus medius muscles leads the hip on the swinging side to drop during gait, in an attempt to counteract, the patient bends the trunk towards the other side, resulting in the gait to appear waddling.

Some uncommon causes of waddling gait include myopathies due to endocrine disorders, drugs, systemic disorders and spinal muscular atrophy.1–3 In developing countries, these cases are often attributed to the deficiency of vitamin D; empirical administration of vitamin D is usually given to the patient due to a lack of adequate resources for ...

2018年9月18日 · Waddling gait, also known as myopathic gait, is a way of walking. It’s caused by muscle weakness in the pelvic girdle, which is a bowl-shaped network of muscles and bones that connects your...

2017年11月19日 · When the weakness is bilateral, there is an exaggerated pelvic swing with each step as the hip droops on the side of the swing leg that results in a “waddling” gait. The exaggerated pelvic swing resembles the stride of a runway model and is also sometimes referred to as a “sexy” gait.

Myopathic Gait This young boy has pelvic girdle weakness, which produces a waddling type of gait. Note the lumbar hyperlordosis with the shoulders thrust backwards and the abdomen being protuberant.

2018年7月1日 · A myopathic gait (a.k.a. waddling gait or Trendelenburg gait) occurs due to weakness of the hip abductors resulting in a waddling appearance. Hip abductor weakness results in an inability to stabilize the pelvis during the stance phase.