Gowers's sign

Gowers's sign
Gowers's sign
Differential diagnosisDuchenne 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]

  1. ^ synd/1228 at Whonamedit?
  2. ^ W. R. Gowers. A manual of the nervous system. Philadelphia; 2nd edition, volume 1, 1895.
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