- Paresis: slight or incomplete paralysis
- Paralysis (plegia): loss or impairment of motor function
- Hemiparesis
- Hemiplegia
- Paraplegia
- Quadriplegia
- Atrophy
- Hypertrophy: enlargement of an organ or part due to an increase in size of its constituent cells
- Pseudohypertrophy: increase in size without true hypertrophy
- Spasticity: hypertonicity with increased DTRs
- Rigidity: stiffness or inflexibility
- Flaccidity: loss of tone with diminished DTRs
Integration of Motor Activity
Praxis = ability to perform a motor activity Apraxia = inability to perform voluntary movement in the absence of deficits Dyspraxia = difficulty performing an activity
Test by: ask the patient to pour water from a pitcher into a glass and drink the water patients with dyspraxia will either drink water from pitcher or try to drink from the empty glass