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gait
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gait
(used esp of horses and dogs) the pattern of footsteps at various speeds, as the walk, trot, canter, etc., each pattern being distinguished by a particular rhythm and footfall


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Festination and marked hypokinesia along with freezing and postural instability lead to frequent falls.
Parkinson disease: current evidence for acute care management by Stickley, Lois / Acute Care Perspectives
The main inclusion criteria were diagnosis of levodopa-responsive PD; Hoehn and Yahr (HY) stage [greater than or equal to]2; and presence of gait impairment, including dragging of the affected leg, freezing, or festination.
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There are other references to her speaking "extremely fast" (158), which, although we cannot decide definitively from a printed rather than audio rendition of her speech, indicates that she may have a motor speech trait called festination.
A speech language pathologist journeys to Highbury by Bottomer, Phyllis Ferguson / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
 
 
 
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