| Gowers's sign | |
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| Gowers's sign | |
| Differential diagnosis | Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
Gowers's sign is a medical sign that indicates weakness of the proximal muscles, namely those of the lower limb. The sign describes a patient that has to use their hands and arms to "walk" up their own body from a squatting position due to lack of hip and thigh muscle strength.
It is named after William Richard Gowers.[1][2]
- ^ synd/1228 at Who Named It?
- ^ W. R. Gowers. A manual of the nervous system. Philadelphia; 2nd edition, volume 1, 1895.