Lurching Staggering Gait

Unsteady gait is a symptom of instability while walking.

Lurching staggering gait. Staggering a reeling tottering and tipping gait in which the individual appears as if he may fall backward or lose his balance. Its associated with alcohol and barbiturate intoxication. Abnormal gait due to poor sensation or lack of muscle coordination ataxia is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that includes gait abnormality. Problems with walking can be due to disease or injury to the legs feet spine or brain.

They rely on proper functioning from several areas of the body including the. Vermis the patient will exhibit a lurching staggering gait but without laterality the ataxia will be as marked toward one side as the other. Gait the process of walking and balance are intricate movements. Festinating gait one in which the patient involuntarily moves with short accelerating steps often on tiptoe with the trunk flexed forward and the legs flexed stiffly at the hips and knees.

It is seen in parkinsons disease and other neurologic conditions that affect the basal ganglia. It may increase slightly with eyes closed but not so markedly as in sensory ataxia.