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	akinesia - OneLook Dictionary Search
		akinesia : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		akinesia : Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology [home, info]
		Phrases that include akinesia: akinesia akinesis, akinesis akinesia, fetal akinesia deformation sequence, o'brien akinesia, obrien akinesia
	www.onelook.com /?w=akinesia (212 words)

	Symptoms of Parkinson's
		The symptoms of Parkinsons Disease are dyskinesias, anosmia, akinesia, gait freezing, “on-off” motor fluctuations, rigidity, tremor, bradykinesia, levodopa failure syndrome (LDFS), masked facies, parkinson’s plus syndrome, stooped posture, shuffling gait, and dystonia.
		Akinesia unrelated to medication fluctuations may be associated with structural degenerations linked to Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes.
		This symptom may be distinct from akinesia and occasionally may not improve with medicine.
	www.pwc.k12.nf.ca /PROJECTS/b2201/assignments/parkinsons/symptoms.html (0 words)

	California Institute for Human Science
		Many patients with akinesia experience a peculiar absence of emotions, appear emotionally dead, and often state that everything is all right.
		They are clear that it is not difficult for psychiatrists to regard neuroleptic-induced akinesia as improvement, therapeutic, beneficial, etc. The leeway permitted by considering drug effects therapeutic if the distress of others is reduced should not be overlooked.
		Akinesia is a term used in clinical neurology.
	www.cihs.edu /whatsnew/book_ami.asp (0 words)

	What catatonia can tell us about "top-down modulation": A neuropsychiatric hypothesis
		Clinical similarities between Parkinson's disease and catatonia with respect to akinesia may be related with involvement of the basal ganglia in both disorders.
		akinesia may be accompanied by different psychological alterations either depression, as in PD, or uncontrollable anxieties, as in catatonia.
		Furthermore, in contrast to PD, catatonic akinesia is not necessarily accompanied by muscular hypertonus i.e.
	www.bbsonline.org /documents/a/00/00/22/44/bbs00002244-00/bbs.northoff.htm (11439 words)

	What catatonia can tell us about "top-down modulation": A neuropsychiatric hypothesis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Clinical similarities between Parkinson's disease and catatonia with respect to akinesia may be related with involvement of the basal ganglia in both disorders.
		akinesia may be accompanied by different psychological alterations either depression, as in PD, or uncontrollable anxieties, as in catatonia.
		Furthermore, in contrast to PD, catatonic akinesia is not necessarily accompanied by muscular hypertonus i.e.
	bbsonline.org /documents/a/00/00/22/44/bbs00002244-00/bbs.northoff.htm (11439 words)

	PakMediNet Print Area (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The effect of Hyaluronidase on the quality of ocular akinesia in sub-tenons local anaesthesia in cataract surgery: a hospital based study.
		The study patients were given 3 ml 2% Lignocaine with adrenaline 1;200,000 and hyaluronidase 30 iv/ml, while the control group was given 3 ml Lignocaine 2% with adrenaline 1: 200,000 sub Tenons anaesthesia.
		Akinesia was measured 10 minutes after local anaesthetic injections were significantly better in the study group as compared to the control group.
	www.pakmedinet.com /printit.php?id=4746&choice=a (161 words)

	Akinesia
		Akinesia is difficulty beginning or maintaining a body motion.
		Usage: Akinesia points to a variety of neurological problems (including, e.g., Parkinson's disease and brain damage associated with strokes).
		Akinesic behaviors affect an individual's normal nonverbal response, and may be (especially in older people) misconstrued as mood signs expressing emotions and feelings.
	psyweb.com /Glossary/aki.jsp (0 words)

	WHAT CATATONIA CAN TELL US ABOUT "MOTOR CONSCIOUSNESS": A TRANSDISCIPLINARY HYPOTHESIS PRIVAT
		Differentialdiagnosis of motor symptoms, as for example akinesia, may be difficult since they may be either of neurologic, as for example Parkinson’s, or psychiatric, as for example catatonia, origin leading to a so-called "conflict of paradigms".
		The symptom of akinesia can be considered as a typical example of such differentialdiagnostic problems since it may be caused either by Parkinson’s, classified as a neurological disease, or catatonia, usually classified as a psychiatric disease.
		In summary akinesia is closely related to down-regulation of the "motor loop" either by dopaminergic-mediated subcortical-cortical "bottom-up modulation", as in Parkinson’s, or by gaba-ergic mediated "cortico-cortical i.e.
	cogprints.org /1129/00/top-down-modulation.htm (0 words)

	Supersensitivity Psychosis
		Akinesia is a behavioral state of diminished motoric and psychic spontaneity that is difficult to distinguish from the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
		The most useful clinical correlates of akinesia are a subjective sense of sedation and excessive sleeping.
		Akinesia interferes with social adjustment and may manifest as "postpsychotic depression." The subjective restlessness of akathisia is usually accompanied by telltale foot movements: rocking from foot to foot while standing or walking on the spot.
	www.namiscc.org /newsletters/April02/SupersensitivityPsychosis.htm (0 words)

	Update: continued
		Akinesia (failure to initiate movement) and bradykinesia (slow movements) may initially be detected as reduced facial expression and blinking rate.
		Not uncommonly, patients may describe stiffness or soreness of a shoulder and the tendency to drag one leg, reflecting the asymmetric manifestations of akinesia/ bradykinesia and rigidity.
		Alternatively, some may report that a limb is weak, clumsy or "doesn't do what I tell it to do." Akinesia/bradykinesia is evaluated with rapid alternating movements including tapping the index finger and thumb, opening/closing or supinating/pronating the hands and toe or heel tapping.
	www.parkhurstexchange.com /update_continued/2005/ud_01_pg2_vol13.html (902 words)

	retrobulbar anesthesia
		Patients were randomly assigned to one of the two groups: 60 eyes received 2 ml of 2% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine and 1 ml of 7.5% sodium bicarbonate, (0.299 mmol/ml); the remaining 60 eyes received 2 ml of 2% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine and 450 units of hyaluronidase (15 U/ml).
		Onset and duration of anaesthesia and akinesia were assessed and compared in both groups.
		However, the overall mean onset time of anaesthesia and akinesia, repeat block rate and the duration of the anaesthesia were comparable in both the groups--p: 0.14).
	optimist.nl.eu.org /retrobulbar/retrobulbar.html (19512 words)

	Deters
		Bradykinesia, or slowness of movement, and akinesia, difficulty in initiating movement, cause a wide range of clinical signs and symptoms affecting every aspect of daily living.
		Even normal facial expressions are effected as a result of brady- and akinesia, being "reduced in amplitude, slow in developing, and unduly protracted" (Walton, 328), causing patients to look abnormally blank or stern.
		Once they are walking, their feet shuffle in slow, short steps due to the bradykinesia and muscle rigidity (Walton, 328), and they experience great difficulty stopping due to their altered center of gravity.
	web.indstate.edu /thcme/anderson/md.html (0 words)

	Liverpool University Handbook of Geriatric Medicine
		Parkinsonism refers to akinesia or bradykinesia which is associated with rigidity and/or tremor.
		Akinesia is an essential symptom complex consisting of slowness of movement, poverty of movement, fatigue, decrement of alternating movements and difficulty in initiating movement.
		Easily recognisable features of akinesia are the loss of facial expression, infrequent blinking, monotonous speech, failure to swing the arms, small handwriting, difficulty in fine movements and a shuffling gait.
	www.liv.ac.uk /GeriatricMedicine/cpoa20.htm (0 words)

	Akinesia - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		Thewordbook is a comprehensive encyclopedia and a reference search engine, in which you have found this entry about Akinesia.
		Akinesia is the inability to initiate movement, due to problems with selecting and activating motor programs in the brain.
		It is a common consequence of Parkinson's disease caused by dopamine loss in the direct pathway of movement.
	www.thewordbook.com /Akinesia (196 words)

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		The side effects classified under extrapyramidal symptoms are akinesia (also known as pseudo parkinsonism), tardive dyskenisia, akathisia, and dystonia.
		Akinesia is the central feature of Parkinson's disease, and is generally characterized as a slowing of movements (Schatzberg, A. When triggered by an antipsychotic it's effect is experienced in a much more mild form than in Parkinson's disease.
		One common warning sign of akinesia is a slowing of spontaneous motor movements.
	sorrel.humboldt.edu /~morgan/hal_s04.htm (2609 words)

	Geriatrics & Aging
		The cardinal symptoms of PD are tremor,rigidity, akinesia and postural instability.
		Akinesia refers to an absence of movement, however, in the context ofPD, it is also used to refer to the difficulty in initiating amovement and executing a motor plan.
		Akinesia orbradykinesia may be elicited by performing rapid alternatingmovements (RAM) such as pronation-supination movements of theforearm, rapid and wide opposition of the index finger and thumb,tapping of the toes or stamping the heel of the foot on the ground.The pathophysiology of akinesia is unclear.
	www.geriatricsandaging.com /content/2000/November/0309How_to_Differ.htm (1493 words)

	Anesthesia Management During Cataract Surgery: Structured Abstract
		Regarding globe akinesia, there was strong evidence of equivalent effectiveness of peribulbar and retrobulbar anesthesia.
		There was insufficient evidence to reach any conclusion regarding the relationship between akinesia and the volume of anesthetic used or the speed of injection.
		Regarding pain associated with administration of the block, there was weak evidence to suggest that peribulbar injection was slightly less painful than retrobulbar injection, moderate evidence that subconjunctival/sub-Tenon's block was less painful than retrobulbar block, and insufficient evidence that subconjunctival/sub-Tenon's block was less painful than peribulbar block.
	www.ahrq.gov /clinic/tp/anesttp.htm (0 words)

	Akinesia
		"Akinesia" is a common misspelling or typo for: kinesis.
		English words defined with "akinesia": Acinesia, Akinesic, akinetic epilepsy.
		They may appear rigid and move very little, or not at all, a condition called akinesia.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/Ak/Akinesia.html (310 words)

	JCRS: Vol. 28, No. 8, August 2002
		To assess the effect of hyaluronidase additive on the onset and degree of ocular akinesia in sub-Tenon's anesthesia for cataract surgery.
		Akinesia was assessed by scoring movement in the 6 positions of gaze.
		There was no significant difference in akinesia between the 2 groups 30 seconds after the injection (P =.224); however, at 1 and 3 minutes, Group A achieved significantly better akinesia than Group B (P =.003 and P =.023, respectively).
	www.ascrs.org /publications/jcrs/absaug02.html (4549 words)

	~ Parkinsons Australia ~ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is called akinesia and is often seen in association with the rigidity or stiffness of the muscles.
		Akinesia refers specifically to lack of movement, such as loss of arm swing, but is also used to mean slowing (bradykinesia) or reduction (hypokinesia) in the size of movements.
		Akinesia affects mainly the hands or the trunk and walking.
	www.parkinsons.org.au /aboutparkinson.php (1190 words)

	Peribulbar anaesthesia during keratoplasty: a prospective study of 100 cases -- Muraine et al. 83 (1): 104 -- British ...
		Motor akinesia was evaluated 25-30 minutes after injection and during surgery by asking the patient to look in various directions
		Complete globe akinesia was obtained in 80 patients (80%) 20 minutes after injection (total score 8).
		The effect of hyaluronidase on akinesia during cataract surgery.
	bjo.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/83/1/104 (3022 words)

	Autonomic Dysfunction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The symptoms are often much worse in the Parkinson’s patient who have significant akinesia and rigidity which oftentimes impairs their mobility.
		Recent studies and the clinical trials that I have been involved with using the injectable subcutaneous dopamine agonist, apomorphine, there appears to be an association with an improvement in the symptoms of over active bladder.
		This may be a form of akinesia or rigidity, patients who take L-Dopa will improve their pelvic floor tone and they will have an opportunity to relax the muscles of the pelvic floor.
	www.pdasd.org /site/index.asp?page=86622&DL=7246 (1792 words)

	Michigan Parkinson Foundation
		Akinetic-rigid syndrome: A syndrome, or collection of systems, consisting of lack of movement (akinesia) or reduced movements (hypokinesia), slow movements (bradykinesia), and stiffness or rigidity (involuntary resistance to movement).
		Basal ganglia: A group of nuclei, or clusters of nerve cells, near the base of the brain that is important in regulating both movements and emotions.
		Hypokinesia means reduced movements and generally refers to making smaller movements than intended, such as the small steps seen when a Parkinsons patient walks, or the small size of a Parkinsons patient's handwriting (called micrographia).
	www.parkinsonsmi.org /facts_glossary.asp (0 words)

	Vol2.
		Akinesia is an abnormal state of physical and mental inactivity, or the inability to move the muscles.
		Many porphyric patients can keep track of the times during the day when their akinesia is better and their medications, such as neurontin, as working well.
		It is during these peak times of the day that porphyic patients can undertake the energy-consuming daily tasks, because their movement is easier.
	members.tripod.com /~PorphBook/vol2_23.html (0 words)

	eMedicine - Arthrogryposis : Article by Harold Chen
		The major cause of arthrogryposis is fetal akinesia (ie, decreased fetal movements) due to fetal abnormalities (eg, neurogenic, muscle, or connective tissue abnormalities; mechanical limitations to movement) or maternal disorders (eg, infection, drugs, trauma, other maternal illnesses).
		Contractures secondary to fetal akinesia are more severe in patients in whom the diagnosis is made early in pregnancy and in those who experience akinesia for longer periods of time during gestation.
		The principal cause is persistently decreased fetal movements (fetal akinesia) due to either fetal or maternal abnormalities.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/topic142.htm (0 words)

	Right ventricular function in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot assessed with cardiovascular magnetic resonance ...
		tract (RVOT) aneurysm or akinesia, and baseline and surgical
		Akinesia was defined as lack of thickening during systole in
		The cumulative incidence of RVOT aneurysm and akinesia
	content.onlinejacc.org /cgi/content/full/40/11/2044 (0 words)

	VADIM ROTENBERG.THE STRUCTURE OF NIGHT SLEEP ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		VADIM S. vadir@post.tau.ac.il, V. The structure of night sleep and cardiac rhythm in patients suffering for many years from hypo- and akinesia.
		—Polysomnography was performed in 3 patients suffering from long-term akinesia and artificial lung ventilation due to a lesion of the CNS and peripheral nervous system.
		The cyclic organization of sleep and its transition from stage to stage, as a whole corresponded with those in healthy subjects.
	rjews.net /v_rotenberg/sleep_structure.html (0 words)

	Fetal akinesia sequence
		Ulnar deviation of the hands, rocker-bottom feet, camptodactyly, sparse dermal ridges and absence of palmar flexion creases are the other components of the fetal akinesia sequence.
		The face is expressionless, with hypertelorism, telecanthus and poorly folded, small, and posteriorly angulated ears, and the mouth is small with micrognathia and high-arched palate.
		Maternal myasthenia gravis has been diagnosed in some cases, and experiments in animal models show that curarization of the mother induces fetal akinesia.
	www.orpha.net /static/GB/fetal_akinesia_sequence.html (0 words)

	Akinesia definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms
		Akinesia: Impaired body movement; without movement (or without much movement).
		Akinesia is a term used in neurology to denote the absence (or poverty) of movement.
		MedicineNet does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6988 (165 words)

	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery \| Full text \| A new shape for an old function: lasting effect of a physiologic ...
		The aim of this pilot study was to demonstrate that surgical restoration obtained with a particular shape of endoventricular patch leads to steady morphofunctional ventricular improvement when geometry, volume and residual akinesia can be restored as normal as possible.
		In conclusion, restoration surgery should aim at rebuilding a nearly normally shaped left ventricle with a near-normal volume, which guarantees better myocyte and chamber physiology [26], and leaving a smaller area of residual akinesia, all of which lead to less negative remodeling over time.
		Buckberg GD, Editorial: Defining the relationship between akinesia and dyskinesia and the cause of left ventricular failure after anterior infarction and reversal of remodeling to restoration.
	www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org /content/1/1/40 (0 words)

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