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Limping

Limping: Contents

Limping: Introduction

Limping: Walking with a limp or other gait problem. See free access online books about Limping below. See detailed information below for a list of 64 causes of Limping, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Limping:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Limping. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Leg injury
Foot injury
Ankle injury
Hip injury
Leg condition
Leg pain
Leg infection
Knee condition
Knee pain
Foot condition
Foot infection (see Foot symptoms)
Hip condition
Ankle condition
Different length legs
Obesity
Fallen arches
Turned-in knees
Pronation
Poor posture (see Posture symptoms)
Poorly fitting shoes
Bone injury
Bone tumor
Sciatica
Habitual limping
Neurological disorder
Nerve disorder
Neuromuscular disorder
Multiple sclerosis
Brain tumor
Spinal lesion
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Limping: Symptom Checker

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Walking symptoms (483 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Limping

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Diagnostic Guides for Limping

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Limping from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Limping. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Limping

Medical Books Excerpts

Limp
"In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Limp
"The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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Diagnostic tests for Limping:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Limping. Some of these are listed below :

Inspect gait
- Ask person to walk normally for a few metres and then turn around and walk back. Observe nature of gait disturbance or limp - e.g. stroke will cause foot to be dropped down and the leg to be swung out in a sideways arc; if walking with the leg deviated inwards towards the other leg and the foot slightly turned outwards, the likely diagnosis is osteoarthritis.
- Ask person to walk heel-to-toe (to exclude midline pathology of the cerebellum)
- Ask person to walk on toes (to detect a lesion of first sacral nerve)
- Ask person to walk on heels (to detect a lesion of the 4th or 5th lumbar nerve which causes the foot to drop)
- Ask person to squat and then stand up - to detect proximal myopathy (i.e. disease of the muscles in thigh).
Physical examination
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See full list of 28 diagnostic tests for Limping

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Limping. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

How long have you been limping? - to determine if acute or chronic.
History of trauma? - If there is a history of trauma, this would suggest a fracture, sprain, torn ligament or tendon.
Age of the person with the limp? - e.g. from age 4 to age 8 need to consider Perthes' disorder or transient synovitis of the hip. From age 10 to age 15 need to consider Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE). After the age of 40 need to consider a variety of diagnoses including sciatica, osteoarthritis and fractures.
Exercise history? - may help determine risk of overuse injuries such as stress fractures, shin splints.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Limping) may include:

Pain, and if so where? - e.g. thigh, calf, shin, hip, knee, foot or ankle. If deep and very localized and not generalized must consider joint pathology, bone tumor, fracture or rarely infection; if superficial must consider muscular pain.
Fever? - may suggest osteomyelitis, cellulitis, spinal cord infection.
Symptoms of sciatica (spinal canal stenosis)? - e.g. may be a long history of back pain, back pain radiating down into the buttocks and legs, weakness, burning, numbness in legs, may be associated with bowel and bladder symptoms if severe.
Hip stiffness, especially first thing in the morning and how long does the stiffness last? - Morning stiffness classically occurs in Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthropathies (such as ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, psoriatic arthritis).
Knee pain - Pain originating from disorders of the knee may radiate to the hip joint and pain from the hip joint may be referred to the thigh and knee.
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Causes of Limping listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Limping as a symptom include:

See full list of 64 causes of Limping
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Limping:

Limping or lameness.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Organs affected by Limping:

The list of organs typically affected by Limping may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Limping

The list below shows some of the causes of Limping mentioned in various sources:

Acromegaly - tight shoes
Adamantinoma - limping
Ankle condition
Ankle injury
Avascular necrosis of femoral head, familial form - limp
Bone injury
Bone tumor
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See full list of 64 causes of Limping

How Common are these Causes of Limping?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Limping. Of the 64 causes of Limping that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

1 causes are "very common" diseases
1 causes are "common" diseases
2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
0 causes are "rare" diseases
4 causes are "very rare" diseases
61 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 64 causes of Limping

Conditions listing symptoms: Limping:

The following list of conditions have 'Limping' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.