Unable to Walk: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Unable to Walk

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

However, about 25% of patients need artificial ventilation and 20% are still unable to walk unaided after 6 months. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients unable to walk six months after onset Of all the GBS patients, eight (two AIDP and six AMAN) were unable to walk (Hughes grade 3 or more) six months after onset. [dx.doi.org]

Despite medical treatment, GBS often remains a severe disease; 3-10% of patients die and 20% are still unable to walk after 6 months. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hip Fracture

They are often unable to walk, and they may exhibit shortening and external rotation of the affected limb. Frequently, they have hip pain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

You may be unable to walk. Your skin around the injury may also swell, get red or bruise. Some people with hip fractures can still walk. [webmd.com]

Paraplegia

The disorders are progressive and may lead to patients being unable to walk, and more. [sp-foundation.org]

Many of these people were paralyzed and were unable to walk. To enable someone to move in their environment, the doctors would typically prescribe wheelchairs. [blogs.biomedcentral.com]

Acute Transverse Myelitis

Eighty-nine percent were unable to walk, required assisted ventilation, or both. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Only 9.4% of patients with IATM were unable to walk unassisted at the end of follow-up. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In our series, only 9.4% of patients were unable to walk unassisted at completion of follow-up (Rankin ≥4). [bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com]

Cerebellar Stroke

[…] to walk, and many also have direction-changing or gaze-evoked nystagmus, in which the direction of the nystagmus changes according to the patient’s gaze. 8 Neuronal tracts [ahajournals.org]

[…] to walk, and many also have direction-changing or gaze-evoked nystagmus, in which the direction of the nystagmus changes according to the patient’s gaze.8 Neuronal tracts [ahajournals.org]

[…] signs including truncal and appendicular ataxia, nystagmus, and dysarthria. 8 Importantly, 71% of patients with isolated vertigo attributable to cerebellar infarction are unable [ahajournals.org]

Radiculomyelopathy

One month later he presented with a four day history of leg weakness and was unable to walk. [thorax.bmj.com]

[…] to walk unaided by 1 year. 30 Between the years 2000-2004, inpatient mortality rate for GBS in U.S. hospitals was 2.58%. 23 Predictors of mortality included endotracheal [consultant360.com]

[…] unassisted Grade 4 Unable to walk without assistance Grade 5 Wheelchair or bedbound Based on gait and ambulatory function Ranawat Classification Class I Pain, no neurologic [orthobullets.com]

Spinal Cord Compression

As a result, 48% of patients were unable to walk at the time of diagnosis and of these the majority (67%) had recovered no function at 1 month. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Spinal pain is often present for three months and neurological symptoms for two months before paraplegia, but almost 50% of patients are unable to walk by the time of diagnosis [patient.info]

– 1 Requires support to walk even on level ground – 0 Unable to walk III Sensory function (same in upper and lower limbs, and trunk) – 2 Normal – 1 Slight sensory disturbance [necksolutions.com]

Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

or brace for distances of 100 meters or more. 7.0 : Unable to walk 5 meters even with an aid. [medicalnewstoday.com]

[…] distances of 100 meters or more. 7.0: A person is unable to walk for 5 meters with an aid and usually uses a wheelchair. 8.0: A person generally cannot move from a bed or [medicalnewstoday.com]

However, a person's disability is severe enough to limit full daily activities, such as working full time. 6.0 : Needs occasional or everyday help, walking with a cane, crutch [medicalnewstoday.com]

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

While the father first walked at the age of 19 months, the son was unable to walk at age 3 years. In both, knee and ankle reflexes were absent and sensation was intact. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Affected children can typically maintain a seated position without support but are unable to walk. [babysfirsttest.org]

Some people may even be paralyzed or unable to walk or move parts of their body. [cdc.gov]

Subacute Transverse Myelitis

Within five days she was unable to walk and subsequently developed painless urinary retention requiring catheterisation. [ispub.com]

He had regained all bowel and bladder function and some function of his legs, but he was unable to walk. [cmaj.ca]

Myelopathy

[…] to eat unaided II Motor function of the lower limbs – 4 Normal – 3 Able to walk without support with slight difficulty – 2 Able to walk up and down stairs only with support [necksolutions.com]

Mucopolysaccharidosis

In the syndrome's last stage, children become increasingly unsteady on their feet and most are unable to walk by age 10. [en.wikipedia.org]

Multiple Sclerosis

As expected, most patients (89%) were significantly disabled (unable to walk) prior to death, only a minority, however, had become so within 10 years of the onset (10%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Myelitis

A 9-year-old male was admitted with unable to walk, non-sensation of legs, urinary incontinence and encopresis for 2 days. [go.gale.com]

In our series, only 9.4% of patients were unable to walk unassisted at completion of follow-up. [cureus.com]

Now she is fighting for her ability to walk again! No child deserves to go through this, especially not my Jessica. [gofundme.com]

Spinal Epidural Abscess

By this point he was unable to walk, had severe tenderness in the back around the midline and paraspinal region, and severely limited motion of the spine. [spinalnewsinternational.com]

At a 1-yr follow-up examination, the patient was unable to walk without crutches and suffered severe lumbar back pain. [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]

Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome

As a result, many people with Allan–Herndon–Dudley syndrome are unable to walk independently and become wheelchair-bound by adulthood. [unavitarara.it]

As a result, many people with Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome are unable to walk independently and become wheelchair-bound by adulthood. [medlineplus.gov]

Conversion Disorder

One American woman who quit her job because of mobbing was unable to walk for several months. [minddisorders.com]

Case 2 Examination History The patient was an 18-year-old woman admitted to the hospital when she fell out of bed and was unable to get up or walk. [journals.lww.com]

Ten girls out of a classroom of 26 became unable to walk or move normally following tetanus inoculations. [minddisorders.com]

Profound Intellectual Disability

About 78 percent of Southbury's residents are severely retarded, with one-third unable to walk. The average age is 48. [nytimes.com]

Those who were totally unable to walk were compared with those with at least some ability to walk. Mobility. [nejm.org]

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Days went by and along with the already felt symptoms my legs became sore in the muscles, I had pains in my knees, and was finding it difficult to walk in the end. [medicinenet.com]

One morning, I was unable to move any part of my body without extreme pain and discomfort, and my wife called the paramedics, who had to administer 20 mg morphine before I [medicinenet.com]

Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal pain is often present for three months and neurological symptoms for two months before paraplegia, but almost 50% of patients are unable to walk by the time of diagnosis [patient.info]

Besides leading to physical complications such as skin breakdown, muscle atrophy, reduced cardiorespiratory capacity, and pain [ 1 ], being unable to walk also affects psychological [doi.org]

Depending on how severe your injury is, you may experience pain, difficulty walking, or be unable to move your arms or legs (paralysis). [mayfieldclinic.com]

Lumbar Spinal Cord Tumor

[…] urine or being unable to urinate loss of bladder or bowel control, which is called incontinence constipation Diagnosis Your doctor will try to find the cause of spinal cord [cancer.ca]

Trouble walking. [cancer.gov]

Other symptoms of spinal cord compression include: numbness in the toes or fingers, or over the buttocks feeling unsteady on your feet or difficulty walking passing very little [cancer.ca]

Abasia

In this pseudoneurologic gait disturbance associated with Conversion Disorder the patient appears unable to stand, walk, or turn, but legs move normally when examined with [behavenet.com]

The word astasia, means unable to stand normally and abasia means the inability to walk with proper muscular coordination. [wisegeek.com]

Patients are unable to maintain standing posture unassisted and exhibit unusual and dramatic wild lurches in various directions. [medigoo.com]

Cystinosis

Unlike healthy children, affected children are unable to walk or bear significant weight by 12 months of age. [symptoma.com]

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

These patients will have difficulty walking (and will find it even harder to walk on their toes). [lecturio.com]

They are usually unable to stand without using their own body to steady themselves and, as such, present with Gower’s sign (where patients use their own hands to push off [lecturio.com]

Thoracic Spinal Cord Tumor

Trouble walking. [cancer.gov]

In addition to these signs and symptoms of brain and spinal cord tumors, some children are unable to reach certain growth and development milestones such as sitting up, walking [cancer.gov]

Poliomyelitis

There parents still fear an illness that can leave their children unable to walk or unable to breathe, a disease that once crippled thousands of people, including many young [web.archive.org]

Still today some 10-20 million people worldwide -- including many children in the developing world -- remain paralyzed from the virus, unable to walk without the help of leg [web.archive.org]

Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency

[…] to walk on their tiptoes. [rarediseases.org]

Children with the moderate form of tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency have an abnormal manner of walking (abnormal gait), dystonic posturing especially when walking, and a tendency [rarediseases.org]

In some cases, affected children may be unable to coordinate voluntary movements or have involuntary muscles spasms that result in slow, stiff movements of the limbs (spasticity [rarediseases.org]

Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome

A 26-year-old male patient was referred for exercise-induced claudication that had interfered with his military duties for the past two years. He was an occasional smoker with no other significant cardiovascular risk factors. Initial Doppler ultrasonography showed narrowing of the popliteal artery. Further[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Polymyositis

Polymyositis-like syndrome in hypothyroidism is a rare condition characterised by proximal muscle weakness and elevated muscle enzymes. Patients with this condition can initially be misdiagnosed as having polymyositis due to similar characteristics of both diseases; however a response to thyroxine is the main[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Lathyrism

Lathyrism is a term describing a disease that develops after prolonged consumption of grass pea, known as Lathyrus sativus. The pathogenesis involves axonal degeneration of motor neurons and subsequent spastic paraparesis due to the introduction of neurotoxins from this food. The condition was rather common in[…] [symptoma.com]