Teachable Moment: Gait Analysis 3-Video File

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Dr. Amanda Witt discusses pediatric gait analysis for neuromuscular disorders, focusing on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. She uses incentives like toys or views to observe natural walking patterns in children. Observing gait changes, like hip and knee extensor weakness leading to waddling and toe walking, can indicate disease progression. Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy may struggle with basic movements like getting up from the floor and rely on compensatory strategies. Heel cord contractures can result from prolonged toe walking, so night splints are used to stretch muscles. Gait changes can indicate disease progression, with eventual loss of ambulation.

Keywords

pediatric gait analysis

neuromuscular disorders

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

gait changes

muscle weakness