MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Amber Wicker, CPNP-PC, from USA Health Orthopaedics, joined WKRG on this week’s Medical Moment to discuss gait abnormalities in children.

3.6 out of 1,000 children in the US are diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Their symptoms can include abnormal gait patterns such as crouch gait, characterized by excessive flexion of the hips, knees, or ...

Researchers have identified a rare genetic syndrome characterized by intellectual disability, seizures, an abnormal gait and distinctive facial features. The scientists pinpointed variants in the ...

Near-term brain structure was examined in preterm infants in relation to neurodevelopment. We hypothesized that near-term macrostructural brain abnormalities identified using conventional magnetic ...

Neurologic abnormalities affecting gait occur early in several types of non-Alzheimer's dementias, but their value in predicting the development of dementia is uncertain. We analyzed the relation ...

A 3-year-old girl with an unremarkable medical history suddenly developed dilated pupils and trouble walking, according to a case report in JAMA Ophthalmology. The child was brought in to the ...

A team dedicated to designing energy conversion devices, led by Weilin Chen from Northeast Normal University in Changchun, ...

In clinical trials of adults with Huntington's disease (HD) the Q-Suite Motor Assessment Tool (Q-Motor) has proven to be helpful to detect and quantitate subtle motor abnormalities. With the ...

Researchers from the NIH Clinical Center Rehabilitation Medicine Department have created the first robotic exoskeleton specifically designed to treat crouch (or flexed-knee) gait in children with ...

New York, NY--July 26, 2017--In the U.S., 3.6 out of 1000 school-aged children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). Their symptoms include abnormal gait patterns which results in joint degeneration ...