Table 1 Patterns, signs, and supportive features in functional gait disorders
From: Clinical signs in functional (psychogenic) gait disorders: a brief survey
Overall functional gait patterns | Incongruent functional gait signs | Supportive additional features |
|---|---|---|
Excessive slowness | “Huffing and puffing” | Variable resistance of feet or leg to passive manipulation |
Astasia-abasia | Fixed toe extension | |
Knee buckling | Fixed plantar flexion/inversion | Associated incongruent neurological findings |
Tightrope walking | ||
Trembling walking | Swivel chair signs | |
Truncal jerking |