gait apraxia

gait a·prax·i·a

apraxia for walking, accompanied by inability to make walking movements with the legs.
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She suffered from gait apraxia which was a deterioration of the part of the brain that co-ordinated movement, and she would sometimes "freeze" and would have to be prompted by someone to take the next step.
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Early or Predominant Neurologic Sign Suggested Diagnoses Tremor Parkinson's disease Gait disorder Multiple-system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) Dementia Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct state, normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) Autonomic instability Murinary Multiple-system atrophy urgency, constipation, loss (Shy-Drager syndrome) of libido) Visual complaints (diplopia, PSP, multiple-system atrophy ophthalmoparesis) Ataxia Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA), multiple-system atrophy Apraxia NPH, senile gait apraxia Peripheral neuropathy OPCA, multiple-system atrophy, spinocerebellar-nigral degeneration Pyramidal tract signs Multi-infarct state, multiple-system atrophy, cervical myelopath Adapted, with permission, from Stern MB, Hurtig HI, eds.
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