Abstract
Gait ignition failure is one of the many synonyms for freezing of gait - generally brief (seconds) episodes of difficulty in initiating walking or maintaining stepping through turns, narrow passages, and distractions in the immediate environment. It is a neurological sign and not a syndrome.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Pages | 530 |
Number of pages | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780123741059 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780123741011 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2010 |
Keywords
- Freezing of gait
- Gait apraxia
- Gait patterns
- Locomotor networks
- Lower body parkinsonism
- Lower half parkinsonism
- Magnetic gait
- Primary progressive freezing
- Trepidant abasia
- Vascular parkinsonism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
- Neuroscience(all)