athetosis

There are several different treatment approaches to dealing with athetosis.

Drugs can also be used in the treatment of athetosis, however their collective effectiveness is not very convincing.

The best results were obtained in athetosis and rigidity.

Hammond was also the person who created the term "athetosis," Greek for "without fixed position."

Two trials of primidone for athetosis have been published.

Treatments for athetosis are not very effective, and in most cases are simply aimed at the uncontrollable movement, rather than the cause itself.

Of all people with the disease, between 16% and 25% of them actually exhibit the symptom of athetosis.

Athetosis of left hand with tremor of right hand.

Patients who undergo surgical treatment to relieve the athetosis often see significant improvement in the control of their limbs and digits.

Children with athetosis have less rigid limbs with poor muscle tone and poor head control.

Movements typical of athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements.

It often involves hyperkinetic movements, including chorea, dystonia, and athetosis.

There are several forms of cerebral palsy, including athetosis, ataxia and the best known, spasticity.

In his initial description of athetosis, the extent of the uncontrolled movement was limited to the fingers and toes.

One such example of work that has been recently undertaken is a project to help those affected with athetosis to use a computer with more ease.

He also coined the word "athetosis".

Such contractile movements include dystonia, chorea, athetosis, and ballism.

Symptoms experienced during attacks can vary and include dystonia, chorea, athetosis, ballismus, or a combination.

The attacks consist of dystonia, chorea, and athetosis just like PKD.

These 'dance-like' movements of chorea often occur with athetosis, which adds twisting and writhing movements.

Primidone has been occasionally used to treat long QT syndrome, cerebral palsy, and athetosis.

Slow, twisting, or continued movements (chorea, athetosis, or dystonia)

As athetosis is relatively difficult to treat, efforts are being made to help those with the condition live and perform tasks more effectively and more efficiently.

The Vogt-Vogt syndrome, an extrapyramidal disturbance with double sided athetosis occurring in early childhood, is named after the couple.

There are three major types of dysarthria in cerebral palsy: spastic, dyskinetic (athetosis) and ataxic.