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Jerky movements that is random and rapid   Chorea  
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Postures are distored, repetitive, twisted movements, Involuntary muscle contractions   Dystonia  
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Slowness of movements and speed   Bradykinesia  
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Reflexive abnormal motor movements in response to a tendon stretch   Clonus  
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jerk or clicking muscle motions   Cogwheel rigidity  
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general motor restlessness and the urge for continuous movement   Akathesia  
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Writhing movements   Athetosis  
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both chorea and athetosis are present   Choreoathetosis  
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Ability to move the eyes in a synchronized and precise fashion between two visual points   Saccades  
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Ability to coordinate the eyes and the hands to execute precise movements   Visual motor skills  
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Ability to maintain the correct posture and arm position during handwriting   Proximal Stability  
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(motor planning) Ability of the brain to plan an action and then send signals to the body to carry out the action   Praxis  
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(Kinesthesia) Ability to sense the body's position in relation to itself   Proprioceptive processing  
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Ability to sense the body's position in relation to its surroundings   Vestibular processing  
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Difficulty controlling the muscles used for speech   Dysarthria  
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difficulty swallowing   Dysphagia  
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Double vision -loss of vision - increase fall risk   Diplopia  
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blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes   Hemianopsia  
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Partial displacement/ dislocation   Shoulder subluxation  
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Expressive aphasia -broken speech - patient is aware of deficits   Broca's aphasia  
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Receptive aphasia - Inability to understand spoken words - Patient is unaware of deficits   Wernicke's aphasia  
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- Most severe form - All language impaired (Expressive, Receptive, Reading, and Writing)   Global aphasia  
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Slower than normal heart rate ( less than 60 bpm)   Bradycardia  
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Faster than normal heart rate ( greater than 100 bpm)   Tachycardia  
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Paralysis on one side of the body   Hemiplegia  
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Weakness on one side of the body   Hemiparesis  
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Abnormal motor movement due to impaired central nervous system   Spasticity  
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Surgical procedure used to rebuild or replace a synovial joint   Arthroplasty  
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Endoscopic surgical procedure used to examine   Arthroscopy  
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Language Impairment   Aphasia  
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Misaligned eyes   Strabismus  
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Potentially fatal formation of a blood clot most often in the calf area   Deep vein thrombosis  
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Inability to control the distance, speed, and range of motion needed to perform smoothly coordinated movements   Dysmetria  
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Goes past objects when reaching   Overshoot Dsymetria  
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Miss objects due to not reaching far enough out for it   Undershoot Dsymetria  
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Shortening of the first dorsal compartment of the wrist   De Quervain's Syndrome  
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Back portion of the body   Dorsal  
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Shortness of breath   Dsypnea  
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Relating to the palm of the hand or sole of foot   Volar  
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Motor planning challenges   Dsypraxia  
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Awareness of body scheme and body parts   Sqmatognosia  
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Ability to identify the shape and form of 3 dimensional objects   Stereognosis  
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inability to judge the form of an object by touch   astereognosis  
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Motor dysfunction secondary to a lesion of the basal ganglia where during slow PROM, constant resistance is felt throughout; common symptom of Parkinson's disease   Lead pipe rigidity  
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muscle tension that intermittently halts movement as an examiner attempts to manipulate a limb   cogwheel rigidity  
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difficulty conceptualizing planned, multistep movements   Ideational apraxia  
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inability to correctly imitate hand gestures and voluntarily mime tool use   Ideomotor apraxia  
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sudden loss of muscle tone while someone is awake; seen in narcolepsy   Cataplexy  
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muscle tone disorder resulting in stiff or inflexible muscles   Rigidity  
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lack of coordination with voluntary movements (coordination disorder)   Ataxia  
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muscle jerks and twitches; can be mild/severe, slow/quick, rhythmic/nonrhythmic; appears the same as tics physically   Myoclonus  
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poor insight or denial of one's own disabilities   Anosognosia  
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overgrowth or deposit of bone in soft tissues which may affect movement   Heterotopic ossification  
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body scheme disorder characterized by decreased awareness of body structure and recognition of one's own body parts and their relationship to each other   Somatoagnosia  
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Bone infection   Osteomyelitis  
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Infection entering the bloodstream   Sepsis  
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Lack of oxygen to the brain   Anoxia  
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Can't remember what happened before accident   Retrograde Amnesia  
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Inability to remember new things   Anterograde Amnesia  
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Decreased ability to complete rapid, alternating movements   Dysdiadochokinesis  
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Violet, Involuntary flinging movements on one side of the body   Hemiballismus  
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Sensation of "pins and needles"   Parasthesia  
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Loss of consciousness   Syncope  
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Ability to see 3 dimensional objects and perceive depth   Stereopsis  
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Drooping eyelid   Ptosis  
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ability to recognize familiar objects by touch with vision occluded   Tactile gnosis  
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