crouch gait


crouch gait

(krowch gāt) Gait pattern seen in patients with cerebral palsy in which the patient walks in a stooped posture due to nonphysiologic tightening of particular ligaments and muscles.

crouch gait

A gait seen in cerebral palsy in which the hamstrings and psoas muscles are shorter than normal and the affected person walks with a stooped posture.See also: gait