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Involuntary movement disorder terms
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- 1TremorsInvoluntary and rhythmic movements
- 2TicsSudden, brief, coordinated movements with jerks and usually noise or sounds.
In pt's w/ Tourette - 3ChoreaIrregular contractions that are rapid.
In pt's w/ Huntington's disease - 4DystoniaSustained contractions that cause twisting, abnormal postures, and repetitive movements.
- 5AtheosisSlow twisting and writing movements.
Can than become either chorea or dystonia. - 6AkinesiaInability to initiate movement
- 7AstheniaGeneral muscle weakness due to cerebellar disorder
- 8AtaxiaInability to perform coordination of movements
- 9BradykinesiaSlow movements
- 10ClonusStrong spastic alternating movement due to an upper motor neuron lesion.
- 11Cogwheel rigidityResistance to a point than free movement than resistance....
- 12DysdiachokinesiaInability to perform rapid alternating movements
- 13KinesthesiaAwareness of body parts and joints in space
- 14Lead pipe rigidityconstant resistance throughout the whole ROM
- 15DysmetriaInability to control ROM and force of it
- 16Agnosiainability to interpret info
- 17Agraphesthesiainability to recognize letters, numbers, or symbols through touch
- 18AstereognosisInability to recognize objects by touch
- 19Decerebrate rigidityCorticospinal lesion which results in extension in the whole body
- 20Decorticate rigidityCorticospinal lesion which results in extension everywhere besides the UE's
- 21Diplopiadouble vision
- 22Dysarthriaslurred/impaired speech from motor deficit
- 23Hemiparesiscondition of weakness on 1 side of the body
- 24HemiplegiaParalysis on 1 side of the body
- 25Homonymous hemianopsiaBlindness on 1 side of both eyes
- 26Ideational apraxiaInability to formulate or initiate motor planning
- 27Ideomotor apraxiaAble to plan out a motor task but is unable to perform it
- 28NystagmusAbnormal eye movement typically rhyhmic and is faster on 1 side than the other
- 29PerseverationState of repeating a task over and over
- 30VertigoFeeling of the room is spinning
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