Chapter 024. Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 3)
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Parkinsonism and Freezing Gait Parkinson's disease (Chap. 366) is common, affecting 1% of the population 55. The stooped posture and shuffling gait are characteristic and distinctive features. Patients sometimes accelerate (festinate) with walking or display retropulsion. There may be difficulty with gait initiation (freezing) and a tendency to turn en bloc. Imbalance and falls may develop as the disease progresses over years. Other progressive neurodegenerative disorders may also involve a freezing gait; these include progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degeneration, and primary pallidal degeneration. ...
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