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Akinesia
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classically defined as "without movement". Absence or poverty of movement that results in a masklike facial expression and impaired postural reflexes
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Bradykinesia
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slowness of movement; a classic symptom of Parkinson's disease
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Chorea
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a condition characterized by involuntary, purposeless, rapid motions such as flexing and extending the fingers, raising and lowering the shoulders, or grimacing.
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Dyskinesia
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term for abnormal and distressing involuntary movements; inability to control movements, which often occurs as a side effect of lovodopa therapy
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Dystonia
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impaired or distorted voluntary movement, often involving the head, neck, or feet
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On-Off phenomenon
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a common experience of patients taking medication for Parkinson's disease in which they experience periods of greater symptomatic control ("On" time) alternating with periods of lesser symptomatic control ("off" time)
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Parkinson's disease
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A slowly progressive, degenerative neurologic disorder characterized by resting tremor, pill rolling of the fingers, mask like faces, shuffling gait, forward flexion of the trunk, loss of postural reflexes, and muscle rigidity and weakness
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