Description of Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s disease was first described in 1817 by London physician James Parkinson and translated into Czech as polio shaky. In fact, but not polio, and so he was later renamed after its discoverer. In this disease,…
walking in slow motion
Other names: parkinsonian gait, shuffling gait and forward bradybáze, hipokineze
Slow walking is a symptom of Parkinson’s disease. It is hypokinesis – deceleration and excursion movements. Parkinson’s disease is a relatively common disease, typical for people over 60-years.
Another cause is a parkinsonian syndrome – a clinical course similar to Parkinson’s disease, are more frequently affected leg. Missing typical tremor.
Another type of slow walking is a frontal walk – occurs in people with prefrontal syndrome.Walking is slow, uncertain in space. Disabled person tends to hold, and walk very short steps. On the bed, however, the patient can mimic walking quite well.
Slow walking occurs when a later symptom of the disease. Noticeable tremor, rigidity, movement chudost, maskovitý facial appearance. These patients are already signs of a slowdown before walkingin the care of a neurologist.