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level: Lecture 10: Examination of the Gait

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level questions: Lecture 10: Examination of the Gait

Question	Answer
Define "proprioception".	Proprioception refers to the body's ability to perceive its own position in a space.
The corticospinal tract is a motor pathway that carries efferent information from the _________ to the ______ ______.	Cerebral cortex to the spinal cord.
Extrapyramidal function refers to our _______ and ________.	motor control and coordination
Ask the patient to stand up straight with feet close together and eyes open (preferably with bare feet). Patient: Swaying or lurching with the eyes open suggest a _______ _______.	Cerebellar defect (cerebellar ataxia).
Ask the patient to stand up straight with feet close together and eyes open (preferably with bare feet). The patient stands still. Ask the patient to close his eyes. The patient begins swaying, lurching or suffers loss of balance, which indicates _______ _______; positive Romberg's sign.	Sensory ataxia (proprioceptive deficit)
If you ask a patient to walk heel-to-toe, in a straight line (tandem gait), what will the exercise emphasize?	Any gait instability (gait ataxia).
Unsteadiness on standing with the eyes open is common in ________ disorders, particularly those involving the vermis.	cerebellar
Cerebellar dysfunction leads to a broadbased, unsteady (ataxic) gait which usually makes ______ walking impossible.	Tandem (heel-to-toe)
What's another name for Rombergism?	Sensory Ataxia
What kind of gait is this image describing?	Spastic Gait
What kind of gait is this image describing?	Scissor Gait
What kind of muscle weakness causes myopathic gait (waddle)?	Proximal Muscle Weakness
Bizarre gaits with no other neurological signs may be _________?	Psychogenic