Dysdiadochokinesia October 25, 2007
Inability to perform rapid, alternating, movements caused by cerebellar dysfunction
Hypertonia October 25, 2007
Increased muscle tone in a man who has CP (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=5902981)
Paralysis October 25, 2007
Complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. (seen in Guillain-Barré syndrome, ALS, Stroke, poliomyelitis, spina bifida, MS) The man in this video has ALS
Rigidity October 25, 2007
Stiffness or tenseness of muscles; inability to bend or be bent because of co-contracted muscles.(Parkinsons, stoke, TBI) Note the rigidity of the trunk.
Dysmetria October 25, 2007
Inability to estimate distance in muscular action. This man presents with hypermetria and is
overstepping
Dystonia October 24, 2007
Sustained muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.
Dyskinesia October 24, 2007
Dyskinesia is abnormal movement. This person presents with Bradykinesia(slowness in initiating voluntary movement) and festinus gait in Parkinson’s disease
