While toe-walking can aid individuals with specific muscle or neurological conditions, scientific evidence indicates it's less efficient and potentially harmful for healthy adults. This gait disrupts ...

Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is a gait deviation observed predominantly in children over three years old who walk on their toes in the absence of identifiable neurological or musculoskeletal disorders ...

Background: Idiopathic Toe Walking (ITW) is present in children older than 3 years of age still walking on their toes without signs of neurological, orthopaedic or psychiatric diseases. ITW has been ...

Some children tend to "toe walk" rather than walking on their feet. This is the same as standing on your tiptoes, and it's common in children who are learning to walk. After they've learned how to ...

A Trendelenburg gait is characterized by a certain walking style. It causes you to appear like you're swaying from side to side when you're walking. It may look as though you're missing steps or ...

Toe-walking is something most of us associate with toddlers, dancers or people trying to sneak quietly across a room. But some adults wonder whether walking on their toes offers any biomechanical ...