Gait Spastic-Paretic

Spastic-paretic gait is a gait that has signs of both paretic and spastic gait. It is observed with a combination of central and peripheral paraparesis of the legs.

With a spastic gait, there is increased muscle tone (spasticity) in the legs, which leads to difficulty bending the legs at the knees and hip joints when walking.

With a paretic gait, there is general weakness and lethargy of the leg muscles. The steps become uncertain, the gait is shuffling.

Thus, with a spastic-paretic gait, the signs of both forms are combined: on the one hand, there is increased muscle tone, making it difficult to bend the legs, and on the other, general weakness and lethargy of the muscles, leading to instability and shuffling when walking. This is typical for lesions where both the central nervous system and the peripheral nerves and muscles of the legs are simultaneously affected.

In medicine, there are movement disorders that are accompanied by gait disturbances. In many ways, it is a person’s appearance that can help in making a diagnosis and even suggest a diagnosis even before other symptoms appear. This trend especially concerns a person’s gait and posture. At first glance, under all the signs of the disease, one can suspect various diseases. However, among them there is a very similar sign that occurs in both paresis and paralysis, i.e. for any immobility that involves the legs. This symptom is called "spastic or paretic gait."

Spastic and paretic gait is a pathological movement that occurs