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1
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What is involuntary movement defined as?

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A movement that the person does not start or stop at the person’s own command or with an observer’s command

2
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What are common forms of hypokinesia?

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  1. Apraxia
  2. Rigidity
  3. Bradykinesia
3
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What are common forms of hyperkinesia?

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  1. Ataxia
  2. Athetosis
  3. Chorea
  4. Tremors
  5. dysmetria
  6. Dystopia
4
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How does athetosis present?

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Slow, twisting, and writhing movements that are LARGE amplitude

5
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Where are athetoid movements primarily seen?

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Face, tongue, trunk and extremities

6
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When the movements are brief, the merge with __________ (choreathetosis), and when SUSTAINED, they merge with ________, and is typically associated with spasticity

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Chorea; Dystonia

7
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Athetosis is a common finding in what pathologies?

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Several forms of CP secondary to basal ganglia pathology

8
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How does chorea present?

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Brief, Irregular contractions that are rapid, but not to the degree of myoclonic jerks.

9
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What is chorea typically secondary to?

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Damage of the CAUDATE nucleus

10
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What is chorea often equated to?

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“Fidgeting”

11
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________ is a form of chorea that includes choreic jerks of large amplitude.

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Ballism

12
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What does Ballism produce?

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Produces failing movements of the limbs

13
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What is ballism typically secondary to?

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Secondary To damage of the Subthalamic nucleus

14
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What is an example of a disease that presents with chorea?

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Huntington’s Disease

15
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What is dystonia?

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Syndrome of sustained muscle contraction that frequently cause twisting, abnormal postures, and repetitive movements

16
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What are common diagnoses that may include dystonia?

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PD, CP, and encephalitis

17
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What are tics?

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Sudden, brief, repetitive, coordinated movements that will usually occur at irregular intervals

18
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T or F: There are simple and complex tics that vary from myoclonic jerks to jumping movements that may include focalization and repetition of other sounds

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True

19
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What is an example of a pathology that presents with tics?

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Tourette syndrome

20
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Describe Tremors.

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Involuntary, rhythmic, oscillatory movements taht are typically classified into 3 groups:

  1. Resting
  2. Postural
  3. Intention (kinetic)
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What are resting tremors?

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Observable at rest and may or may not disappear with movment; may increase with mental stress

22
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What is an example of a resting tremor?

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Pill-rolling in PD

23
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What are postural tremors?

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Observable during a voluntary contraction to maintain a posture

24
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What is an example of a postural tremor?

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Include the rapid tremor associated with hyperthyroidism, fatigue or anxiety, and benign essential tremor

25
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What is an intention (kinetic) tremor?

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Absent at rest, but observable with activity and typically increase as the target approaches.

26
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What do intention tremors typically indicate?

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Cerebellum or its efferent (motor) pathways and are typically seen with MS

27
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Akinesia

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The inability to initiate movement; commonly seen in PD

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Asthenia

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Generalized weakness, typically secondary to cerebellar pathology

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Ataxia

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The inability to perform coordinated movements

30
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Athetosis

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A condition that presents with involuntary movements combined with instability in posture

Peripheral movements occur without central stability

31
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Bradykinesia

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Movement that is very slow

32
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Chorea

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Movements that are sudden, random, and involuntary

33
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Clasp-Knife response

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A form of resistance seen during ROM of a hypertonic joint where there is greatest resistance at the invitation of range that lessens with movement through the ROM

34
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Clonus

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A characteristic of an UMN lesion; involuntary alternating spasmodic contraction of a muscle precipitated by a quick stretch reflex

35
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Cogwheel Rigidity

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A form of rigidity where resistance to movement has a physic quality to it; often seen with PD

36
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Disdiadochokinesia

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The inability to perfomr rapidly alternating movements

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Dysmetria

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The inability to control the ROM and the force of muscular activity

38
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Dystonia

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Closely related to athetosis, however, there is larger axial muscle involvement rather than appendicular

39
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Fasciculation

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A muscular twitch that is caused by random discharge of LM and its muscle fibers; suggest LMN disease, however can be bending

40
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Hemiballism

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An involuntary and violent movement of a large body part

41
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Kinesthesia

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The ability to perceive the direction and extent of movement of a joint or body part

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Lead pipe rigidity

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A form of rigidity where there is uniform and constant resistance to ROM often associated with lesion of the basal ganglia

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Rigidity

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A state of sever hypertonicity where a sustained muscle contraction does not allow for any movement at a specified joint

44
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Tremor

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Involuntary, rhythmic, oscillatory movements secondary to a basal ganglia lesion. There are various classifications secondary to specific etiology