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.
Lurching staggering gait. Unsteady gait is a symptom of instability while walking. Its associated with alcohol and barbiturate intoxication. Problems with walking can be due to disease or injury to the legs feet spine or brain. Cerebellar ataxia is present with eyes both open and closed.
Ataxia is a non specific clinical manifestation implying dysfunction of the parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement such as the cerebellum. A gait resembling cerebellar ataxia is seen in acute. It is seen in parkinsons disease and other neurologic conditions that affect the basal ganglia. 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.
Gait the process of walking and balance are intricate movements. Vermis the patient will exhibit a lurching staggering gait but without laterality the ataxia will be as marked toward one side as the other.