brachybasia

brachybasia

 [brak″e-ba´zhah] a slow, shuffling, short-stepped gait.

brach·y·ba·si·a

(brak'ē-bā'sē-ă), The shuffling gait characteristic of pyramidal tract disease. [brachy- + G. basis, a stepping]

brachybasia

A term of waning use for the slow, shuffling gait with short steps that is typical of pyramidal tract disease (prototypically occurring in Parkinson’s disease); the term “parkinsonian gait” is in much wider current use and an integral part of the working medical parlance.

brach·y·ba·si·a

(brak'ē-bā'sē-ă) The shuffling gait of pyramidal tract disease. [brachy- + G. basis, a stepping]