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]