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Spastic hemiparetic gait

MedGen UID:
1671061
•Concept ID:
C4732773
•
Finding
Synonym: Wernicke-Mann gait
 
HPO: HP:0031957

Definition

Spastic hemiparesis is characterized by a dominance of the tonus in the upper limb flexor muscles [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSpastic hemiparetic gait

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Gait changes following botulinum toxin A treatment in stroke.
Novak AC, Olney SJ, Bagg S, Brouwer B
Top Stroke Rehabil 2009 Sep-Oct;16(5):367-76. doi: 10.1310/tsr1605-367. PMID: 19903655
Recovery of gait and other motor functions after stroke: novel physical and pharmacological treatment strategies.
Hesse S
Restor Neurol Neurosci 2004;22(3-5):359-69. PMID: 15502276
Botulinum toxin treatment for lower limb extensor spasticity in chronic hemiparetic patients.
Hesse S, Lücke D, Malezic M, Bertelt C, Friedrich H, Gregoric M, Mauritz KH
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1994 Nov;57(11):1321-4. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.57.11.1321. PMID: 7964805Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Evaluation of the elderly patient with an abnormal gait.
Lim MR, Huang RC, Wu A, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Jr
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 Feb;15(2):107-17. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200702000-00005. PMID: 17277257
Primary germinoma arising from the midbrain.
Koizumi H, Oka H, Utsuki S, Sato S, Tanizaki Y, Shimizu S, Suzuki S, Iizuka T, Sakai F, Fujii K
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2006 Nov;148(11):1197-200; discussion 1200. Epub 2006 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s00701-006-0872-8. PMID: 17039305

Therapy

Primary germinoma arising from the midbrain.
Koizumi H, Oka H, Utsuki S, Sato S, Tanizaki Y, Shimizu S, Suzuki S, Iizuka T, Sakai F, Fujii K
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2006 Nov;148(11):1197-200; discussion 1200. Epub 2006 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s00701-006-0872-8. PMID: 17039305

Clinical prediction guides

Evaluation of the elderly patient with an abnormal gait.
Lim MR, Huang RC, Wu A, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Jr
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 Feb;15(2):107-17. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200702000-00005. PMID: 17277257

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