Dear colleagues
I would value a little help with the definition of Trendelenberg gait.
According to my medical dictionaries, this gait is caused by weakness of
gluteus medius and is characterised by a 'listing to the affected side'
during the stance phase of walking.
In some of these patients however, weakness of the hip abductors can lead to
the opposite movement. The patient's pelvis, when he or she is standing on
the affected side, drops to the unaffected side. This causes a deviation of
the trunk to the unaffected (non weight-bearing) side.
Is this still classified as a Trendelenberg gait or does it have another
name? My textbooks don't give me the answer, in fact some of the
orthopaedic books I looked at contradicted each other.
Regards
Marion Trew
University of Brighton
UK
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