Myopathic gait

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Myopathic gait (or waddling gait) is a form of gait abnormality.

The "waddling" is due to the weakness of the proximal muscles of the pelvic girdle.{{cite web |url=http://library.med.utah.edu/neurologicexam/html/gait_abnormal.html#04 |title=Gait > Abnormal }}

The patient uses circumduction to compensate for gluteal weakness.{{cite book |author1=Saint, Sanjay |author2=Wiese, Jeff |author3=Bent, Stephen |title=Clinical clerkships: the answer book |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2006 |pages=219 |isbn=0-7817-3754-0 }}

Conditions associated with a myopathic gait include pregnancy, congenital hip dysplasia, muscular dystrophies and spinal muscular atrophy.