Talk:Konzo

Term
The description "hypertonic gait" doesn't make any sense to me. The adjective "hypertonic" describes tonicity and the noun "gait" refers to the kinematics of locamotion.

- maybe answered my own question; I read: "Hypertonicity is an increased tension of the muscles, meaning the muscle tone is abnormally rigid, hampering proper movement. This condition is the opposite of hypotonicity. Hypotonicity is a decreased tension in muscle tone. A lack of muscle tone inhibits proper movement as the muscle is not developed or is too soft to support the body." @ http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-hypertonicity.htm

so maybe "hypertonic gait" is the gait resulting from having hypertonic muscles.

yup; should have checked here: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hypertonic

Epidemic
This article refers to the disease as epidemic, but it does not meet Wikipedia's own definition of epidemic. It is not an infectious disease.71.10.201.143 (talk) 21:47, 15 January 2018 (UTC)