Cautious |
Short stride, wide base, short swing phase |
Stiff‐legged |
Leg circumduction, stiffness, scissoring |
Freezing |
Arrested movement, especially at gait initiation or direction change |
Frontal |
Impaired stepping, disequilibrium |
Dystonic |
Often focal with ankle inversion, hallux extension |
Cerebellar |
Slow, halting, wide base, truncal instability |
Sensory ataxic |
High‐steppage, broad‐based, decreased swing phase, associated with sensory deficits |
Psychogenic |
Slow, rapid fluctations, wastage of muscular effort |
Antalgic |
Shortened standing phase on affected leg, associated with pain |
Paretic |
Asymmetric, steppage gait, Trendelenburg sign |
Hypokinetic |
Small step length, slow, shuffling, diminished arm swing |
Dyskinetic |
Involuntary movements |