Gait Hemiplegic

Hemiplegic gait (also called mowing gait, oblique gait, circumducing gait) is a special type of gait that is observed in patients with hemiplegia.

Hemiplegia is paralysis or significant weakening of the motor functions of one half of the body. Hemiplegia most often develops after a stroke, brain damage, or spinal cord injury.

With hemiplegia, control of movements on one side of the body is affected. This leads to characteristic gait disturbances:

1. Bending the leg on the paralyzed side at the knee and hip joints when walking.

2. Dropping of the pelvis on the affected side when transferring body weight to the paralyzed leg.

3. Circumduction - raising the hip in an arc forward while moving the leg.

4. Dragging the foot of a paralyzed leg along the floor.

Such an abnormal gait with a pronounced impairment of coordination and rhythm of movements significantly complicates the movement of patients with hemiplegia. Restoring the correct walking pattern is one of the main tasks in the rehabilitation of such patients.

Hemiplagic gait is a gait defect in which a person has an uneven and sideways (sideways) gait. This occurs because one of a person's legs is faster than the other, causing him to lean to the side and make unnecessary movements. Also, with such a hike