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'''Antalgic gait''' is a [[gait]] that develops as a way to avoid [[pain]] while walking (''[[wikt:antalgic|antalgic]]'' = ''[[wikt:anti-|anti-]]'' + ''[[wikt:algesia|alge]]'', "against pain"). It is a form of [[gait abnormality]] where the stance phase of gait is abnormally shortened relative to the swing phase. It can be a good indication of pain with weight-bearing.<ref>[http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=671481857 GP Notebook]</ref>
An '''antalgic gait''' is a [[gait]] that develops as a way to avoid [[pain]] while walking (''[[wikt:antalgic|antalgic]]'' = ''[[wikt:anti-|anti-]]'' + ''[[wikt:algesia|alge]]'', "against pain"). It is a form of [[gait abnormality]] where the stance phase of gait is abnormally shortened relative to the swing phase. It can be a good indication of pain with weight-bearing.<ref>[http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=671481857 GP Notebook]</ref>


==Conditions associated with an antalgic gait==
==Conditions associated with an antalgic gait==

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An antalgic gait is a gait that develops as a way to avoid pain while walking (antalgic = anti- + alge, "against pain"). It is a form of gait abnormality where the stance phase of gait is abnormally shortened relative to the swing phase. It can be a good indication of pain with weight-bearing.[1]

Conditions associated with an antalgic gait

References

  1. ^ GP Notebook
  2. ^ CALVÉ; et al. (1939). "PATHOGENESIS OF THE LIMP DUE TO COXALGIA: The Antalgic Gait". Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 21 (1): 12. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  3. ^ Walter, Kevin D. (2011). "Hip" Chapter 199. In Marcdante K, Kliegman R, Jenson H, Behrman R (Ed.), Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics (6th ed.) pp. 744-45. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4377-0643-7
  4. ^ Attention: This template ({{cite pmid}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by PMID 11324667, please use {{cite journal}} with |pmid=11324667 instead.


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