Re: Planter fascitis and Gait terms: anyone know what this means?

[Guest guest]

trendelberg means limp to do with the hips the test looks for

Whether or not the hip abductors, principally gluteus medius, are

functioning normally. Trendelberg is a sign of congenetal hip

dislocation and hip luxation aswell as ther things

http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/970.html

(http://www.echo.uqam.ca/mednet/anglais/hermes_a/hip/part_2.html#Answe

r_09_01)

What is a Trendelenburg gait

(also called a gluteus medius lurch or an abductor lurch)?

A Trendelenburg gait is seen in patients with poorly functioning hip

abductors. The causes of this have already been discussed

under " Trendelenburg test " .

Because of inadequate pelvic abductor function, the patient with a

Trendelenburg gait tends to fall to the opposite side when in the

stance phase on the affected side (the opposite hip sags down). To

prevent himself from falling the patient shifts his center of gravity

towards the affected side by throwing his trunk and head in that

direction. The result is a gait with a lateral lurch towards the

affected side, the lurch occurring when in the stance phase on the

affected side (fig. 143).

If the patient has bilateral abductor dysfunction, as may occur with

bilateral congenital hip dislocation or in muscular dystrophy, the

lateral lurching will be bilateral. This is often referred to as

a " waddle gait " (as in waddling ducks).

Sharon

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> " Decreased Range of Motion TR "

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> " Decreased strength of the Supir B "

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> " FF Volgurs B "

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> " Dropped / Pfd met heads usp N 3,4 "

> (something Planter fascitis Metatarsal heads something

something?

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> " palpataion/soft tissue: Hp Met heads 3-5 "

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> " Muscle Function/ Resistance Tests: Modified 20 E-D

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> " R Trendelenberg in gt "

> (Right something in gait)

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> " sign Trendelenberg R hip in stance "

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> " decreased 1R, ABD strenght "

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> " R hip instab in gait -> P "

> (right hip instability in gait something)

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> " trial SPC to decrease strain to hip until w/c approved "

> (trial something to decrease strain to hip until something

approved)

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> " right hip catches in gait, nearly falls. Like twisting in gt.

Affects hip

> checkmark 1? 7? Tendons "

> (Affects hip checkmark 1? 7? Tendons)

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> " Hip Abduction 4/5 Internal Rotation 4+/5 Loose hip Jt R into ER "

> (something range of motion in right hip into something)