She cannot stand or walk on her own due to " a very spastic gait ".
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The name, taken up by Hans Rosling and colleagues, aptly describes the typical spastic gait of those afflicted.
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One-third of people with transverse myelitis experience full recovery, one-third experience fair recovery but have significant deficits such as spastic gait.
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Rarely, horses will show a spastic gait in the front limbs in which the leg is held in full extension or with the knee flexed, with trembling occurring in the upper limb.