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stèppe

English translation: foot drop - high stepping gait

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French term or phrase:stèppe / stepper
English translation:foot drop - high stepping gait
Entered by: Wendy Cummings

09:02 Sep 16, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / foot movements
French term or phrase: stèppe
(Again!) From a report on the rehabilitation of a patient who suffered a C1-C2 dislocation in a RTA and was left quadriplegic:

Le genou droit part en recurvatum à la fatigue, elle marche sans canne avec quelques embardées qu'elle contrôle, le pied droit se met en varus et stèppe à l'effort prolongé.

also:

Le pied droit a tendance à se mettre en varus et stepper à l'effort prolongé.

I'm fine with the varus, but the stepper is troubling me.

Thanks
Wendy Cummings
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:47
foot drop - high stepping gait
Explanation:
I believe this means that when the foot tires it tends to drop, which leads to a high stepping gait, in which the patient must bend the knee to lift the foot.

PACES MRCP UK - Where MRCPians Meet Since 2006: High Stepping GaitHigh Stepping Gait. High steppage gait occurs due to foot drop where dorsiflexion of the foot cannot occur. The knee is flexed and raised to allow the foot ...
pacesmrcpuk.blogspot.com/2007/06/high-stepping-gait.html


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http://pacesmrcpuk.blogspot.com/2007/06/high-stepping-gait.h...

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The verb "stepper" definitely comes from the English word, step.

See Larousse
steppage n.m. (de l'angl. to step, trotter) Méd. Anomalie de la marche, due à une paralysie des muscles releveurs du pied et obligeant à relever le genou de façon exagérée.

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"une attaque du pas au sol qui se fait pied plat et non par le talon completement"

Yes this would be consistent with foot drop or weakness of dorsiflexion.
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SJLD
Local time: 12:47
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Thanks again SJLD
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3foot drop - high stepping gait
SJLD
4hesitant gait induced by relieving weightbearing on a foot when it lasts too long
Drmanu49
2twisting
liz askew


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hesitant gait induced by relieving weightbearing on a foot when it lasts too long


Explanation:
Explanation given to me by orthopedics.

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During effort induced by prolonged weightbearing.

Drmanu49
France
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Is this explanation just for "steppe" or for "stèppe à l'effort prolongé"?

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
foot drop - high stepping gait


Explanation:
I believe this means that when the foot tires it tends to drop, which leads to a high stepping gait, in which the patient must bend the knee to lift the foot.

PACES MRCP UK - Where MRCPians Meet Since 2006: High Stepping GaitHigh Stepping Gait. High steppage gait occurs due to foot drop where dorsiflexion of the foot cannot occur. The knee is flexed and raised to allow the foot ...
pacesmrcpuk.blogspot.com/2007/06/high-stepping-gait.html


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Note added at 1 hr (2008-09-16 10:30:19 GMT)
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http://pacesmrcpuk.blogspot.com/2007/06/high-stepping-gait.h...

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-09-16 10:58:23 GMT)
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The verb "stepper" definitely comes from the English word, step.

See Larousse
steppage n.m. (de l'angl. to step, trotter) Méd. Anomalie de la marche, due à une paralysie des muscles releveurs du pied et obligeant à relever le genou de façon exagérée.

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"une attaque du pas au sol qui se fait pied plat et non par le talon completement"

Yes this would be consistent with foot drop or weakness of dorsiflexion.

SJLD
Local time: 12:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 345
Grading comment
Thanks again SJLD
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think this might be described elsewhere in the text: La marche... une attaque du pas au sol qui se fait pied plat et non par le talon completement.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
57 mins
  -> thanks :-)
agree  Gabrielle Leyden: yes
3 hrs
  -> thanks :-)
agree  Jean-Louis S.
4 hrs
  -> thanks :-)
neutral  liz askew: Hi, again, is this a standard word in French or is it a typo for steppage??
22 hrs
  -> it's a verb "stepper" derived from the English - see Larousse
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twisting


Explanation:
Management Of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders: Physical Therapy ... - Google Books Result
by Darlene Hertling, Randolph M. Kessler - 2005 - Medical - 960 pages
Supination causes the calcaneus to assume a varus position, which, because the metatarsals remain flat on the ground, increases the twist in the foot and ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0781736269...

never come across "steppe"...

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Ha!

I see that "steppage gait" exists in English..

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=steppage g...

One to remember :-)

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:47
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