The syndrome of gait ignition failure: a report of six cases.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_B6EF3192D774
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
The syndrome of gait ignition failure: a report of six cases.
Journal
Movement Disorders
Author(s)
Atchison P.R., Thompson P.D., Frackowiak R.S., Marsden C.D.
ISSN
0885-3185 (Print)
ISSN-L
0885-3185
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1993
Volume
8
Number
3
Pages
285-292
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article ; ReviewPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The syndrome of gait ignition failure is described in six patients in whom difficulty initiating walking was the major symptom. The gait had elements of parkinsonism with start and turn hesitation, shuffling, and freezing. Unlike parkinsonism, however, the gait was relatively normal once entrained; the posture was upright, and good arm swing, a normal stride length, and no festination were seen. Equilibrium was normal or near normal, and when seated or lying, rhythmic leg movements were generated normally. Facial expression, upper limb mobility, and whole body movements were well-preserved. This gait disorder differed from that seen in Parkinson's disease and the so-called "frontal" or "senile" disorders of gait and gait "apraxia." The causes of this gait syndrome are not clear but it may be due to frontal lobe vascular disease and/or focal degeneration of the frontal lobes.
Keywords
Aged, Benserazide/administration & dosage, Benserazide/therapeutic use, Brain/physiopathology, Carbidopa/administration & dosage, Carbidopa/therapeutic use, Diagnosis, Differential, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Gait, Humans, Levodopa/administration & dosage, Levodopa/therapeutic use, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Movement Disorders/diagnosis, Movement Disorders/drug therapy, Neurologic Examination, Parkinson Disease/diagnosis, Parkinson Disease/physiopathology, Syndrome, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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