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5 Cards in this Set
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Cerebellar Disease
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Hypotonia: low muscle tone
Dysarthia: slurred speech Ataxia: poor movement (due to hypotonia) Dymetria: lack of coordinated movement, overshoot (hypermetria) or undershoot (hypometria) intended position Tremor: when initiation movement Intention Tremor Gait: wide-based, lurching (can lead to falling) |
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Basal Ganglia Disease
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Athetosis: involuntary movements
Hemiballism: unilateral flinging movements of the limbs Increased muscle tone Dyskinesia: involuntary movements to one side or the other, ‘tics’, movement fragments Tremor: At rest Gait: hyperkinetic (involuntary, jerky) Choreiform |
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Parkinson's Disease (substantia nigra)
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Unblinking face, rigidity (bradykinesia a part of hypokinesia)
Akinesia: slowness and poverty of movement Increased muscle tone Tremor: At rest Gait: rigid, initiation is slow and steps are small and shuffling |
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Hypotonia
Dysarthia Ataxia Dymetria Akinesia |
low muscle tone
slurred speech poor movement (due to hypotonia) lack of coordinated movement, overshoot (hypermetria) or undershoot (hypometria) intended position slowness and poverty of movement |
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Athetosis
Hemiballism Dyskinesia Choreiform |
involuntary movements
unilateral flinging movements of the limbs Increased muscle tone involuntary movements to one side or the other, ‘tics’, movement fragments quick movement of hands and feet, similar to dancing |
