Typical posture of a person with Parkinson's gait, illustration by Sir William Richard Gowers, from A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System (1886)<unk>  (or festinating gait, from Latin festinare to hurry) is the type of gait exhibited by patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD). It is often described by people with Parkinson's as feeling like being stuck in place, when initiating a step or turning, and can increase the risk of falling. This disorder is caused by a deficiency of dopamine in the basal ganglia circuit leading to motor deficits. Gait is one of the most affected motor characteristics of this disorder although symptoms of Parkinson's disease are varied.<unk>  is characterized by small shuffling steps and a general slowness of movement (hypokinesia), or even the total loss of movement (akinesia) in the extreme cases. Patients with PD demonstrate reduced stride length, walking speed during free ambulation and cadence rate, while double support duration is increased. The patient has difficulty starting, but also has difficulty stopping after starting. This is due to muscle hypertonicity.
Parkinsonian gait
Myopathic gait
Magnetic gait
Locomotor ataxia
Spastic gait
Antalgic gait
Synkinesis
Holmes tremor