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The seaman's walk is a type of walking that is particularly wide-legged and in which the body's center of gravity is shifted in a relatively undulating manner .

This type of movement is particularly suitable for maintaining balance on difficult surfaces. The name comes from the sailors who got used to using the gait to compensate for the rocking and rolling of the ship in moving water. A type of sailor walk can often be found even with drunk people , although here the fluctuation of the ground is felt more subjectively.

With certain coordination disorders (for example Parkinson's disease ), the seaman's walk is also recommended in order to keep one's balance. The disadvantage of this type of locomotion is the heavy strain on the knee . Many people also find the walk inelegant.

The seaman's walk is of particular importance in bridge building . If a bridge vibrates , pedestrians often fall into the seaman's aisle to compensate for the swaying, which in turn drives the bridge's own movement.

In neurology , a lesion of the obturator nerve is referred to as the characteristic seaman's gait. It results from an adduction weakness in the hip joint.

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