What is cerebral palsy gait

Cerebral palsy gait refers to the clearly characterized gait of cerebral palsy patients due to motor dysfunction. It is mainly categorized into spastic cerebral palsy, delayed cerebral palsy, ataxic cerebral palsy, and bradykinesia cerebral palsy. 1. Spastic cerebral palsy: patients with spastic cerebral palsy will have scissor gait due to elevated muscle tone, and the knee joints of both sides will be easily tilted to the inner side during walking, which may even cause injury. 2. Retarded cerebral palsy: Retarded cerebral palsy will have a significant decrease in muscle tone, accompanied by muscle weakness, so the knees will be weak and unsteady when walking. 3. Ataxic cerebral palsy: Patients with ataxic cerebral palsy tend to be unsteady in walking, with a wide step base (the feet are separated from each other by a large distance) and staggering. 4. Diplegic cerebral palsy: Children with diplegic cerebral palsy may have involuntary movements of the arms and legs, which are difficult to control, so they tend to walk with an abnormal gait, and the joints of the lower limbs are not coordinated bilaterally. After the diagnosis of cerebral palsy is confirmed, it is usually necessary to correct the gait through sensory integration training and motor training, to improve the patient’s mobility as much as possible, to improve the ability to take care of themselves, to prevent the emergence of sequelae, and to improve the patient’s quality of life.