Athetosis is a symptom characterized by slow, involuntary, convoluted, writhing movements of the fingers, hands, toes, and feet and in some cases, arms, legs, neck and tongue. [1] Movements typical of athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements.

2018年7月18日 · Athetosis is a movement dysfunction that includes involuntary writhing movements. These movements may be continuous, slow, and rolling. They may also make maintaining a symmetrical...

2023年4月18日 · Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and...

Athetosis is a rare movement disorder that affects muscle control, leading to involuntary writhing movements in the hands, fingers, and sometimes the feet or face. These movements are often slow and twisting, giving the appearance of a continuous flow.

Athetosis (slow chorea) is nonrhythmic, slow, writhing, sinuous movements predominantly in distal muscles, often alternating with postures of the proximal limbs. Hemiballismus is unilateral rapid, nonrhythmic, nonsuppressible, wildly flinging movement of the proximal arm and/or leg; rarely, such movement occurs bilaterally (ballismus).

Athetosis is a continuous slow sinuous, and sometimes irregular, writhing movement that occurs when there is unpredictable variation in underlying muscle tone (from hypotonia/low tone to hypertonia/ spasticity) (Hallett 2003).

Athetosis is a continuous stream of slow, flowing, writhing involuntary movements. It usually affects the hands and feet. Hemiballismus is a type of chorea, usually involving violent, involuntary flinging of one arm and/or one leg. Movements are wider and more intense than chorea.

2024年7月2日 · Athetosis is a symptom of specific health conditions that change or injure some of your brain’s nerve cells. It appears as continuous, slow, involuntary motions, such as twisting. Treating the cause of athetosis, taking medication, and getting physical therapy may help ease movement difficulties.

2019年7月16日 · Athetosis is a condition where the patient experiences slow, convoluted, involuntary and writhing movements of the hands, fingers, feet and toes. The common cause for Athetosis is lesions or damage in the brain, especially in the corpus striatum of which Athetosis is …

2024年9月1日 · Learn what athetosis is and how it affects movement. Find out its causes, symptoms, possible complications, and the treatment options available.