Gait Disorders in Adults: A Classification for Their Differential Diagnosis

Issue title: Geriatric Rehabilitation

Guest editors: Richard SalcidoIssue Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Salcido, Richard^a | Siebens, Hilary C.^b

Affiliations: [a] Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, KY | [b] Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Abstract: The increasing frequency and prevalence of functionally significant gait disorders in adults requires that more physicians become familiar with systematic assessment and treatment approaches. The classification system presented can help physicians organize their observations and their clinical management of patients with gait problems.

Keywords: Gait, gait disorders, diagnosis

DOI: 10.3233/BMR-1994-4205

Journal: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 81-90, 1994