spastic gait

Individuals appear to have difficulty walking, and report a clumsy, spastic gait which worsens over time.

Spastic gait is a form of gait abnormality.

For years, doctors have reported mysterious cases of people suffering a spastic gait, limb weakness and numbness, and difficulty walking.

If symptoms begin during the teenage years or later, then spastic gait disturbance usually progresses insidiously over many years.

The name, taken up by Hans Rosling and colleagues aptly describes the typical spastic gait of those afflicted.