Evaluating gait and station

Abstract

Spastic (scissor) gait is often seen with a UMN disease process such as cerebral palsy or stroke. A sensory ataxic gait might also be seen with neurosyphilis or other disease processes that affect afferent peripheral nerve fibers, dorsal roots, or columns of the spinal cord. The primary dysfunction in Parkinson disease stems from depletion of dopamine production in the substantia nigra of the basal ganglia.