Cervical myelopathy presenting as a genu recurvatum gait disorder.
A 49-year-old man presenting with a genu recurvatum gait disorder was found to have a cervical myelopathy, probably on the basis of cervical spondylosis and a cervical disc herniation compromising a congenitally narrow cervical spinal canal. Satisfactory resolution of abnormal hyperextension of the knee was achieved through the use of an ankle-foot orthosis. A genu recurvatum gait disorder as the presenting sign of cervical myelopathy does not appear to have been reported previously.
Moorhead
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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston, MA.
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications