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circumduction

Movement of a body part in a circular direction, especially an extremity, as in outward swing of leg in semicircle from hip Etiology: - hemiplegia, hemiparesis - stroke Clinical manifestations: - circumduction may be observed associated with a) muscle weakness b) spasticity c) equinovarus d) genu recurvatum

General

gait ataxia

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 7th edition Parada JT et al (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2010 - Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013