At least one in 100 horses at some point in its life will lose the ability to control its gait as a result of developing the neurological disorder ataxia. Once found to be ataxic, the horse is often ...

The word gait refers to the movement you use to walk or run. Walking is a complex series of movements that requires your brain, bones, and muscles to work together, with help from your heart and lungs ...

Your horse's gait doesn't look right. It's not something you can really put your finger on, but he looks off. Is he lame, or is there something else going on? And how serious is it? "Most clinicians ...

Horses who develop a limp are one of the major sources of frustration for horse owners as well as vets. The same applies for Wobblers disease (ataxia) where growth abnormalities or articular process ...

Ataxia-telangiectasia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a defect in the ATM gene mapped to chromosome 11q22.3. The ATM gene product is involved in the detection of damaged DNA and plays a ...

A 21 year-old woman presented with slowly progressive gait and limb ataxia, scanning speech and nystagmus since early childhood. Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA): Axial CT scans. Note the severe atrophy ...

An unsteady gait refers to a pattern of walking that’s unstable. This can increase your risk of injury if left unmanaged. Using walking aids and making some small changes to your environment can help.

Nov. 27, 2002 — Abnormal gait is an early marker of vascular dementia, according to the results of a prospective study published in the Nov. 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "Because ...

The proband (case 1) was a 74-year-old man with hypertension. His parents were reported not to be consanguineous. His mother and father died at age 42 and 80, respectively, and they were free of ...

New research makes it possible to use sensors to accurately measure a horse's movements providing veterinarians a number of new possibilities. Gait and movement pattern are essential to the horse, ...