Medical and surgical therapy . Astasia-abasia. Fig. 1.—Mode of progressionon admission. Fig. Astasia-abasia with tremor. Fig. 3.—Spastic and tremulous Fig. 4. gait on admission. Gait after cure. AST ASIA-ABASIA; DYSBASIA 755 this type has certain features iji common with thecomplex condition seen in polyneuritis of the lowerextremities on the way to recovery, the disorderhaving both a paralytic and an ataxic element. Thisseems also to be the case in certain types of psycho-neuropathic astasia-abasia. The patient can holdhimself upright fairly easily, although sometimeshe first shifts
Medical and surgical therapy . Astasia-abasia. Fig. 1.—Mode of progressionon admission. Fig. Astasia-abasia with tremor. Fig. 3.—Spastic and tremulous Fig. 4. gait on admission. Gait after cure. AST ASIA-ABASIA; DYSBASIA 755 this type has certain features iji common with thecomplex condition seen in polyneuritis of the lowerextremities on the way to recovery, the disorderhaving both a paralytic and an ataxic element. Thisseems also to be the case in certain types of psycho-neuropathic astasia-abasia. The patient can holdhimself upright fairly easily, although sometimeshe first shifts his ground as if seeking to find hiscentre of gravity. Forward progression is char-acteristic : the thigh is unduly flexed, while the legremains vertical, the foot slightly dropped as in the** steppage gait. The limb which is advanced comesheavily to the ground. Thus progression takesplace with exaggerated **steppage and abruptnessof movements. Atypical Forms.—In addition to the types wehave just described and which seem to be the mostoften observed, astasia-abasia may take the formof other a
Size: 1800px × 1388px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectsurgery, bookyear1918
