RT Book, Section A1 Larsh, Travis R. A1 Mendoza-Sengco, Paola Maria L. A1 Zygmunt, Alexander M. A1 Wu, Steve W. A2 Hershey, Andrew D. SR Print(0) ID 1195236071 T1 Gait Disorder T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatric Neurology YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260457520 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195236071 RD 2024/10/09 AB Independent ambulation is a critical gross motor skill achieved early in childhood. Various neurologic disorders can manifest in infancy such that normal gait development is limited or delayed. In progressive neurologic conditions, children may never acquire independent walking or may regress, leading to loss of ambulation. Before discussing different abnormal gait phenomenologies, a brief review of normal gait development is provided. Included in this chapter is also a summary of nonneurologic causes for gait problems. Finally, as we discuss neurologic differential diagnoses for gait disorder, it is important to recognize that gait dysfunction often coexists with other abnormal neurologic symptoms in the context of global assessment of neurologic disorders in children and adolescents.