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Proposed edits to Wikipedia's Foot drop article for Your Class

 * 1) Punctuation
 * 2) content
 * 3) Move pathophysiology section above diagnosis section to increase smoothness to article
 * 4) change word usage
 * 5) add to list of conditions that attribute to Foot drop in opening section
 * 6) cite new list
 * 7) change wording (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) to (ALS also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease)

Reading List

 * 1) Drop Foot (Foot Drop) and Steppage Gait
 * 2) Drop foot

Original
Foot drop is characterized by steppage gait.[1] While walking, people suffering the condition drag their toes along the ground or bend their knees to lift their foot higher than usual to avoid the dragging.[2] This serves to raise the foot high enough to prevent the toe from dragging and prevents the slapping.[3][4] To accommodate the toe drop, the patient may use a characteristic tiptoe walk on the opposite leg, raising the thigh excessively, as if walking upstairs, while letting the toe drop. Other gaits such as a wide outward leg swing (to avoid lifting the thigh excessively or to turn corners in the opposite direction of the affected limb) may also indicate foot drop.[5]

Revised
Revision:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mteter798 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 29 April 2015 (UTC) Foot drop is characterized by steppage gait.[1] While walking, people suffering with this condition bend their knees to lift their foot higher than usual to avoid the dragging.[2] This serves to raise the foot high enough to prevent the toe from dragging and prevents the slapping.[3][4] To accommodate the toe drop, the patient may use a characteristic tiptoe walk on the opposite leg, raising the thigh excessively, as if walking upstairs. A wide outward leg swing (to avoid lifting the thigh excessively or to turn corners in the opposite direction of the affected limb) may also indicate foot drop.[5]Mteter798 (talk) 23:30, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Original Contribution
Revision: Foot drop is a gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens due to weakness, irritation or damage to the common fibular nerve including the sciatic nerve, or paralysis of the muscles in the anterior portion of the lower leg. It is usually a symptom of a greater problem, not a disease in itself. It is characterized by inability or impaired ability to raise the toes or raise the foot from the ankle (dorsiflexion). Foot drop may be temporary or permanent, depending on the extent of muscle weakness or paralysis and it can occur in one or both feet. In walking, the raised leg is slightly bent at the knee to prevent the foot from dragging along the ground. Foot drop can be caused by nerve damage alone or by muscle or spinal cord trauma, abnormal anatomy, toxins or disease. Diseases that can cause foot drop include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease), muscular dystrophy, Charcot Marie Tooth disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, hereditary spastic paraplegia and Friedreich's ataxia. Foot drop may also occur as a result of stroke, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, spinal cord injury, bone fractures (leg, vertebrae), tumor, diabetes, lacerations, gunshot wounds, or crush-type injuries. It may also occur as a result of hip replacement surgery or knee ligament reconstruction surgery.Mteter798 (talk) 22:37, 6 May 2015 (UTC)