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Question Date: 05/10/2023

Question: Which of the following is the most common appearance of pure psychogenic gait disorder?

Options:

• Ataxia
• Excessive stiffness
• Steppage gait
• Sudden buckling of the knees

Correct Answer: Sudden buckling of the knees

Explaination: Sudden buckling of the knees, usually without falls, is one of the most common types of pure psychogenic gait disorder. Other features of psychogenic gait disorder include variable, inconsistent problems worsened when bystanders are present, excessive slowness without sequence effect, momentary fluctuations, walking on ice gait pattern, and bizarre, nonphysiologic patterns of movement

Reference: Fasano A, Bloem BR. Gait disorders. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2013 Oct19(5 Movement Disorders)1344-82. doi 10.121201.CON.0000436159.33447.69. PMID 24092293.