Vocabulario Flashcards
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ASTHENIA
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ASTHENIA - Generalized muscle weakness
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DYSARTHRIA
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DYSARTHRIA- Disorder of the motor component of speech articulation
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DYSDIADOCHOKINESIA
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DYSDIADOCHOKINESIA- Impaired ability to perform rapid alternating movements
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DYSSYNERGIA
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DYSSYNERGIA-Movement performed in a sequence of component parts rather than as a single, smooth activity; decomposition
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HYPERMETRIA / HYPOMETRIA
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HYPERMETRIA- Overestimation of distance or range needed to accomplish a movement
HYPOMETRIA- Underestimation of distance or range needed to accomplish a movement
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REBOUND PHENOMENON
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REBOUND PHENOMENON - Inability to halt forceful movements after resistive stimulus removed; patient unable to stop sudden limb motion