You see a patient in the emergency room with a fibular neck fracture subsequent to an automobile accident. You are fearful that the patient may have severed his common fibular nerve. To determine this, you ask him to walk
Which of the following walking abnormalities would suggest that the nerve has been severed?
A) excessive flexion of the knee at heel-strike
B) shortened stance phase
C) high-stepping (steppage) gait
D) lack of balance (use of a cane)
E) lack of effective hallux push-off
Ans: C
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