crouch gait


Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia.

crouch gait

(krowch gāt)
Gait pattern seen in patients with cerebral palsy in which the patient walks in a stooped posture due to nonphysiologic tightening of particular ligaments and muscles.

crouch gait

A gait seen in cerebral palsy in which the hamstrings and psoas muscles are shorter than normal and the affected person walks with a stooped posture.
See also: gait
References in periodicals archive ?
For the children with IFA, the rehabilitation team makes a great effort to prevent crouch gait by strengthening quadriceps, plantar flexors and hip extensors.
The orthopedic surgeons may consider the priority of planning femoral de-rotational osteotomy in surgical treatment schedule for children with crouch gait due to CP
Effects of increased femoral anterversion on gait in children with cerebral palsy/Femoral anteversiyon artisinin serebral palsili cocuklarin yuruyusune olan etkileri
Medical browser ?
Full browser ?