Terminology in Motor neurology
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| Clonus | rapid series of abnormal muscle contractions that occur in response to stretching
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| Dystonia | abnormal muscle rigidity causing painful spasms, usually fixed postures or strange movements
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| Fasiculation | spontaneous, irregular and usually continual contractions of a muscle that is apparently at rest
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| Festinating gait | gait where the trunk is flexed, legs are flexed at the knees and hips but stiff while steps are short and progressively more rapid
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| Flaccidity | muscular lack of tone, where it is lax, weak or soft
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| Hemiplegia | paralysis or weakness on one side of the body caused by damage or disease to the motor nerve tracts on the opposite side of the brain
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| Paralysis | complete or partial loss of controlled movement caused by the inability to contract 1 or more muscles
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| Paraplegia | paralysis of both legs and sometimes part of the trunk as a result of nerve damage in the brain or spinal cord.
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| Spasticity | rigidity in a group of muscles causing stiffness and restriction of movement
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| Tremor | An involuntary, rhythmic, oscilating movement in muscles
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| Chorea | Rapid jerky movements, usually affecting face, limbs and trunk
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