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Teachable Moment: Gait Analysis 3
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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.
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pediatric gait analysis
neuromuscular disorders
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
gait changes
muscle weakness
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