Hemiplegic Gait
- Seen in patients with unilateral upper motor neuron lesions
- Common after Stroke
Key Features
- Circumduction gait (“swinging” leg outward)
- Stiff, extended lower limb
- Plantarflexed and inverted foot
- Reduced knee flexion during swing phase
- Ipsilateral arm flexed, adducted, and pronated
- Slow, asymmetric walking pattern
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