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antalgic

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antalgic /ant·al·gic/ (ant-al´jik)
1. counteracting or avoiding pain, as a posture or gait assumed so as to lessen pain.

ant·al·gic (nt-ljk)
adj.
Analgesic.

antalgic
1. counteracting or avoiding pain, as a posture or gait assumed so as to lessen pain.
2. analgesic.

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The patient exhibited all antalgic, apropulsive gait pattern and appeared to avoid weight bearing on her forefeet bilaterally.
His gait was antalgic with an asymmetrical stance time, that is, the patient spent less time weight bearing on the right lower extremity during the stance phase of gait as compared with the left lower extremity.
 
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