Assessment – Gait – Hemiplegic Gait
Assessment – Gait – Hemiplegic Gait
This girl has a right hemiparesis. Note how she holds her right upper extremity flexed at the elbow and the hand with the thumb tucked under the closed fingers (this is “cortical fisting”). There is circumduction of the right lower extremity. Physical Assessment Guide, Gait exam. Part of a series of free resources to accompany Dr. Nikita Vizniak’s Books – for more information see http://prohealthsys.com
