A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
Abnormal involuntary movements that are slow, repetitive, and sinuous.
Involuntary slow, sinuous movements. They may alternate smoothly between extension-pronation and flexion-suppination of the arm or between eversion and inversion of the foot, to cite just two possible examples. Seen after damage to the striatum.
Slow, involuntary, writhing, twisting, "worm-like" movement; clinical feature of cerebral palsy.
involuntary (uncontrollable) writhing movements of face, arms and hands. Athetosis is present in some individuals with cerebral palsy.
Dyskinesias in which there are slow, repetitive, sinuous involuntary movements.
Repeated slow movements especially of the arms and legs due to brain dysfunction.
A condition in which there is a succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the fingers and hands, and sometimes of the toes and feet.
Involuntary, purposeless, disordered movements, caused by a brain lesion, in which there is a constant recurrence of slow writhing movements of the hands and feet.
A form of dyskinesia characterised by slow, involuntary movements of the hands and feet
Gait Potassium Ganglia Progressive
involuntary, relatively slow, writhing movements that essentially flow into one another. Athetosis is often associated with chorea, a related condition characterized by involuntary, rapid, irregular, jerky movements. Although athetosis may be most prominent in the face, neck, tongue and hands, the condition can affect any muscle group. Athetosis may occur in association with certain diseases or cerebral palsy and may also result from infections affecting the brain or the use of particular medications.
an involuntary movement disorder characterized by slow, irregular, writhing, or squirming movements of the extremities, face, neck or trunk
Inability to sustain muscles of the fingers, toes, tongue or any other group of muscles in one position; maintained posture is interrupted by continuous slow, purposeless movements.
Slow, repetitive, involuntary movements, especially in the hands
A condition that presents with involuntary movements combined with instability of posture. Peripheral movements occur without central stability
Gr. 'without stability'. Describes the continuous writhing movements sometimes associated with damage to the basal ganglia ( Ch. 28).
1. A condition characterized by constant, contorted twisting motions in the wrists and fingers. 2. Slow, smooth movements; mostly involving muscles of the arms and legs.
Athetosis is a continuous stream of slow, sinuous, writhing movements, typically of the hands and feet. Movements typical to athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements. It is said to be caused by damage to the corpus striatum of the brain.
