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 | | Physical Performance Movements in an individual with CP may be limited by the specific medical conditions present; e.g., spasticity, athetosis, rigidity, incoordination, tremor and/or lack of muscle tone (8). | | | The wasting of energy in individuals with CP during submaximal exercise, represented by the ratio of oxygen uptake to workload or mechanical efficiency, is thought to be due to muscle spasticity, athetosis, and involuntary reflexive movements (7). | | | Performance of a specific movement may involve many different components (muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, balance, reaction time, etc.); the relative importance of each component to performance is defined by the tasks needed for a given movement. |
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http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/drafts/Cerebral_palsy.doc
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| | Cerebral Palsy |
| | Whereas spastic cerebral palsy doesn’t permit the muscles to relax, with athetosis, the muscles are subjected to excessive and uncontrollable movement. | | | The characteristics of each of these syndromes are not restricted within one or the other, and a child may have spastic cerebral palsy in his or her legs as well as a degree athetosis cerebral palsy elsewhere along with a lack of balance. | | | The harder a child tries to control the movement, the more violent and uncontrolled the muscles respond. |
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http://www.cchs.net/health/health-info/docs/2000/2021.asp?index=8717
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| | Cerebral Palsy |
| | involving a combination of spasticity and athetosis with whole body involvement. | | | An Orthopaedic Assessment is based on thorough birth and developmental history taking. |
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http://www.worldortho.com/database/etext/cerebral_palsy.html
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| | easyaids Weighted cup with lid |
| | This mug has an extra 225g (8oz) of weight to make it easier for clients with tremors and athetosis to control movement while drinking. |
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http://www.easyaids.com/acatalog/Weighted_cup_with_lid.html
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| | Improved upper and lower function and range of movement is seen as compared with Class 1 swimmers, although some may not contribute towards effective propulsion. | | | The Class 8 athlete has minimally affected diplegia/hemiplegia and/or minimally affected athetosis. | | | The other side of the athlete's body usually functions well. |
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http://www.paralympic.org/release/Summer_Sports/Football_7_a_Side/About_the_sport/Classification
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| | Forms of Cerebral Palsy: atheloid, ataxic, mixed, and spastic. |
| | When the body is placed either sitting or standing and held in a symmetrical position with attention to the midline, involuntary movements are reduced giving the child more chance to control the movements in their arms which are usually the more affected of the limbs. | | | These are some of the most difficult problems to overcome even with the use of various therapies. | | | Because of the lack of muscle control and the presence of involuntary muscle movement, many children with athetosis find speaking and communicating even though they have normal cognitive development. |
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http://originsofcerebralpalsy.com/02-forms/01-athetoid.html
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| | WE MOVE - Dyskinesias (Paroxysmal) - Clinical Features and Classification |
| | The primary finding associated with paroxysmal dyskinesia is sudden, transient attacks of chorea, athetosis, dystonia, ballismus, or any combination of these abnormal movements involving muscle groups of the arms, legs, trunk, face, and/or neck. | | | In some patients, attacks of dystonia may be accompanied by irregular jerky movements (chorea) and relatively slow, writhing movements that appear to flow into one another (athetosis). | | | As with PKD, PNKD attacks may be associated with any combination of various movement abnormalities, including chorea, athetosis, dystonic posturing, and ballismus. |
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http://www.wemove.org/pdys/pdys_cc.html
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| | Svensk Dystoniförening |
| | Although athetosis may be most prominent in the face, neck, tongue, and hands, the condition may affect any muscle group. | | | Athetosis is often associated with chorea, a related condition characterized by involuntary, rapid, irregular, jerky movements. | | | It may also result from infections affecting the brain or the use of particular medications. |
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http://dystoni.com/public_htm/ordlista.htm
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| | Treatment of Cerebral Palsy |
| | Depends on the degree of athetosis or spasticity present. | | | Use reflex - inhibiting patterns to reduce spasticity and increase muscle tone | | | Those ataxias with athetosis need to be treated with the principles applicable to children with CP athetosis. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5309/peds4.html
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| | Sailability Safety Manuals - Cerebral Palsy |
| | Athetosis generally affects the whole body but one side may be more affected. | | | Athetosis - People with athetosis have their movements hindered by lots of unintentional, uncontrollable extra movements. | | | Ataxia - Usually people with ataxia have a degree of spasticity or athetosis as well. |
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http://sailability.org/manuals/disabilities/cp.htm
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| | Spastic Paralysis with Athetosis : The difficult and awkward movements associated with Spastic Paralysis (characteristic hyperflexed position) is combined with the involuntary athethoid movements. | | | When mental retardation is present, it is usually associated with patients who have epileptiform seizures or Spastic Paralysis with Athetosis. | | | Ataxic difficulties are found in approximately 10% of CP patients. |
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http://www.floridatriallawyer.com/CM/PracticeAreaDescriptions/cerebralpalsy.asp
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| | Health Encyclopedia |
| | Uncontrolled or slow movement is defined as an impairment of the muscle tone (usually in large muscle groups), causing slow involuntary contractions of the head, limbs, trunk, or neck. | | | The slow sinuous twisting movements of muscles (athetosis) or sustained muscle contraction (dystonia) may be caused by a number of conditions, including cerebral palsy, encephalitis, drug side effects, hepatic encephalopathy, and Huntington's chorea. | | | The abnormal movement may be reduced or disappear during sleep, but it is worsened by emotional stress. |
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http://healthcontent.baptistnortheast.com/adamcontent/ency/article/003197.asp
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| | I teach pediatric rehabilitative medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center, and I have been published several times in Journal of the American Rehabilitation Society. | | | It is my professional opinion, based on Cathy's diagnosis and prognosis, my independent examination, consultation with her therapist, and the commonly accepted medical practices for a person with Cathy's diagnosis and prognosis that the requested motorized wheelchair is medically necessary for Cathy. | | | It will correct the effects of her cerebral palsy and athetosis on her ability to ambulate. |
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| | Cerebral Palsy |
| | Ataxic patterns occur in about 5-10 percent of cases and result from dysfunction of the cerebellum or its pathways. | | | The cognitive impairments associated with spastic cerebral palsy are less common with athetosis, because the higher brain centers may be spared. | | | As with athetosis, this type of impairment is seldom associated with cognitive impairment, because the higher brain centers may not be involved. |
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http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/ot/connect/CerebralPalsy/index.asp
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| | Database Driven Author |
| | You'll have— Principles of neuro-developmental treatment as it relates to fluctuating muscle tone Classification of tonal differences in athetosis Basic problems related to both athetosis and ataxia Treatment principles Grading of environmental stimulation | | | Use this resource as an easy-to-understand overview of infants and young children with athetosis or ataxia. |
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http://www.therapybookshop.com/category.php3?category=NDT
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| | Tilting and placing reflexes (August 1961; same patient as C27a) | | | Athetosis - tonic foot (January 25, 1958; same patient as A23) | | | Acoustically stimulated athetosis (Jan. 14, 1950; same patient as D15b) |
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http://users.ipfw.edu/vilensk/humanhtml.htm
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| | EP Healthcare - Update on the Treatment of Childhood Movement |
| | Baclofen : An antispasmodic drug administered orally or by means of a surgically placed pump | | | For about one third of children who have athetosis and chorea, oral medications such as baclofen, clonazepam, diazepam and propanolol are helpful. | | | It is important to note that a rhizotomy will relieve spasticity but not improve contractures that are already present, nor is it an effective treatment for dystonia, athetosis or chorea. |
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http://www.eparent.com/healthcare/update_cmd_5_02.html
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| | Cerebral Palsy Attorney In Hialeah Results |
| | Athetosis (Cerebral Palsy) The following resources are also available: Need drugs, a pharmacy, or medicine for Athetosis (Cerebral Palsy)? | | | Find the latest information on miami brain injury lawyer right here. | | | There are plenty of online pharmacies that you can go to on the web. |
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| | He asserts that he experiences periodic involuntary movements of the head and tongue with slurred speech. | | | Entitlement to an increased evaluation for athetosis of the hands with history of major depressive episode and adjustment disorder with depressed mood, currently rated 50 percent disabling. | | | Robert C. Livingston, M.D., in a June 1961 statement, reported that the veteran was in good health when he was examined in September 1956 and that when he was again examined, in May 1961, he had a coarse intentional tremor believed to be associated with basal ganglion disease. |
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http://www.va.gov/vetapp/files2/9411674.txt
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| | King Gimp section: The Film |
| | This results from damage to areas of the brain that control movement. | | | Dan, like many others with significant athetosis, has expressive communication disorder. | | | Dan also refuses medications that could minimize movement. |
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http://www.hbo.com/kinggimp/king/cmp/film_palsy2.html
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| | Forms of Cerebral Palsy |
| | Many children with quadrepeligia have Athetosis, or making large, uncontrollable movements. | | | Children who are most at risk for severe quadriplegia are those who have had high risk health problems and complications during birth, including prematurity, low birthweight, bleeding in the brain, severe asphyxiation, aspiration (fluid in the lungs), severe meningitis, shaken baby syndrome, and severe jaundice (though Jaundice is now less common). | | | The severity of athetosis also affects whether they are able to walk or feed themselves, and some children with severe athetosis have speech problems as well. |
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http://www.formsofcerebralpalsy.com/quadriplegia.html
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| | OMIM Entry 312890 |
| | published an X-linked recessive pedigree of spastic athetosis that they concluded was probably the same condition as that reported by | | | A total of 7 males were thought to be affected. | | | The proband developed athetosis of all 4 limbs and spasticity in the legs by 11 months. |
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http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wrapomim?312890
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| | PNS |
| | Occur at rest or interrupt normal co-ordinated movements. | | | Similar to athetosis but involves larger parts of the body inc. trunk. | | | Fasciculations Fine rapid flickering or twitching movements originating in relatively small muscle group fibres (fascicles). |
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http://www.surgicaltraining.co.uk/html/pns.html
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| | AV #85962 - Video Cassette - Neuromotor Assessment of Cerebral Palsy: Athetosis |
| | In this videotape physical therapist Daphne Rosenzweig presents an overview of the assessment a three-year-old named Ellen, and also suggests treatment goals. | | | Video Cassette - 46 minutes - Color - 1983 | | | AV #85962 - Video Cassette - Neuromotor Assessment of Cerebral Palsy: Athetosis |
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http://www.sfsu.edu/~avitv/avcatalog/85962.htm
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| | Web QnA |
| | Treatment for dystonia and athetosis can not be provided through surgery due to the difficulty in localizing the lesion, therefore speech therapy to help control the effects is helpful and in most cases effective. | | | The involuntary movement disorders include tremor, chorea, athetosis, and dystonia. | | | Dyskinesias refer to involuntary movement disorders that are associated with extrapyramidal lesions, and Hyperkinesia refers to excess of movement. |
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http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/WebQnA/webqna.pl?module=tbell2-6&action=printall
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| | Drug-induced and Tardive Movement Disorders |
| | Drug-induced and tardive movement disorders represent a large number of extrapyramidal disorders seen in neurologic practice. | | | Involuntary movements, including tremor, chorea, athetosis, dyskinesias, dystonia, myoclonus, tics, ballismus and akathisia, may be symptoms of primary neurologic disease or occur secondary to pharmacotherapy (Table 1). | | | Iatrogenically induced, most commonly by neuroleptics, these disorders can be characterized by any abnormal body movement including tremor, chorea, athetosis, dyskinesias, dystonia, myoclonus, tics, ballismus or akathisia. |
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http://www.parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/archive/093.html
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| | Spasticity and Movement Disorders Clinic |
| | The purpose of the clinic is to determine whether or not a patient would benefit from treatment with oral medications, intrathecal baclofen, selective posterior rhizotomy, intramuscular botox injections, or deep brain stimulation. | | | The Spasticity and Movement Disorders Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is made up of a team of pediatric medical professionals who specialize in the comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment of children and young adults with spasticity and other movement disorders such as dystonia, chorea, athetosis, and tremor. | | | We believe the two disorders are different, in that athetosis affects muscles of the fingers, hands, and around the mouth, causing slow, twisting, writhing motions that are more continuous than dystonic movements. |
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http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/pediatric/spasticity
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| | Valium Indications, Dosage, Storage, Stability - Diazepam - RxList Monographs |
| | Valium is a useful adjunct for the relief of skeletal muscle spasm due to reflex spasm to local pathology (such as inflammation of the muscles or joints, or secondary to trauma); spasticity caused by upper motor neuron disorders (such as cerebral palsy and paraplegia); athetosis; stiff-man syndrome; and tetanus. | | | As an adjunct prior to endoscopic procedures if apprehension, anxiety or acute stress reactions are present, and to diminish the patient’s | | | Muscle Spasm: Associated with local pathology, cerebral palsy, athetosis, stiff-man syndrome or tetanus. |
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http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/diazepam_ids.htm
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| | Hyperkinetic syndromes, such as chorea and athetosis, are usually associated with pathologic changes in. | | | Hyperkinetic syndromes such as ballism, athetosis and chorea are related to a problem of thalamic disinhibition related to which of the following neurotransmitters. | | | All of the following are true of athetosis except. |
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http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/anderson/mcbasgl.html
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| | Glutaricaciduria I |
| | Affected individuals may also have involuntary movements of the trunk and limbs (dystonia or athetosis) and mental retardation may also occur. | | | Babies with glutaricaciduria I are sometimes mistakenly thought by medical professionals to be abused babies because they present with subdural and/or retinal hemorrhages. | | | One of a group of disorders known as "organic acidemias," it is characterized by an enlarged head (macrocephaly), decreased muscle tone (hypotonia), vomiting, and excess acid in the blood. |
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http://my.webmd.com/hw/raising_a_family/nord383.asp
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| | Virtual Children's Hospital: Functional Anatomy of Basal Ganglia: Clinical Correlates |
| | This hyperkinetic disorder is frequently associated with chorea, hence the term choreoathetosis. | | | The term athetosis is derived from the Greek word for "without position." The disorder is characterized by slow, writhing, continuous, worm like movements of the distal parts of the extremities, chiefly the fingers. | | | This hyperkinetic disorder is characterized by violent, flinging, continuous movements of the limbs. |
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http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/BasalGanglia/08ClinicalCorrelates.html
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| | * Athetosis - (Disease): Definition |
| | Older children may develop movement disorders ( athetosis), rocking, and hyperactivity. | | | EX TRAP YRAMIDAL EFFECTS - A combination of neurologic effects which includes tremor s, chorea, athetosis, and dystonia. | | | Restlessness and a desire to move to relieve uncomfortable sensations. |
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http://www.en.mimi.hu/disease/athetosis.html
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| | SPD calcinosis - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Onset of the disorder may occur at any time from childhood to adulthood. | | | Features of Parkinson's disease such as tremors, rigidity (resistance to imposed movement), a mask-like facial appearance, shuffling gait, and a "pill-rolling" motion of the fingers may also occur in individuals with Fahr's syndrome. | | | SPD calcinosis: Striopallidodentate (SPD) calcinosis, a condition first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and therefore called Fahr syndrome, is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of calcium in certain of areas of the brain (including the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex). |
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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8492
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| | Paroxysmal Dyskinesias |
| | PKD is characterized by paroxysmal attacks of dystonia, chorea, athetosis, ballism or any combin ation of these hyperkinetic movement disorders. | | | Paroxysmal dyskinesias are involuntary, intermittent movements consisting of dystonia, chorea, athetosis, ballismus or any combination of these hyperkinetic disorders occurring out of a background of normal motor activity. | | | The phenomenology of the attacks of PNKD, just like PKD, consists of paroxysmal attacks of any combination of dystonia, chorea, athetosis and ballism. |
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http://ams.cu.edu.tr/July2001Vol10No3/meltem.html
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| | Vogt-Vogt syndrome (Cécile and Oskar Vogt) (www.whonamedit.com) |
| | Spasmodic laughing or crying, and mental deficiency may be associated | | | This syndrome is the result of a lesion of the corpus striatum, and is usually associated with birth injury, especially one causing the athetoid form of cerebral palsy. | | | According to some authors this is a no longer commonly used term for an extrapyramidal disturbance with double sided athetosis occurring in early childhood. |
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http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/996.html
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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
| | double athetosis, double congenital athetosis, congenital bilateral athetosis due to birth trauma, which may occur in association with spastic paraplegia, as in Vogt's syndrome and Little's disease. | | | Figure A-68 —Positions of fingers in movements of athetosis. | | | athetos not fixed + -oid form] resembling or affected with athetosis. |
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| | Athetosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Movements typical to athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements. | | | Athetosis is a continuous stream of slow, sinuous, writhing movements, typically of the |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athetosis
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| | Types of Cerebral Palsy |
| | This, the second most common type of cerebral palsy is a group of disorders who’s clinical name is dyskinetic cerebral palsy but they are more commonly referred to as Athetoid cerebral palsy. The dyskinetic cerebral palsy group consists of the following movement disorders based on the type of movement disorder and/or abnormal posturing: | | | Ataxic Cerebral Palsy should not be confused with other forms of ataxia such as those that are inherited. Ataxic CP is completely unrelated to the disease process present in the inherited forms of ataxia (i.e. | | | It has been noted that a large percent of persons with athetosis have above average intelligence. |
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http://www.geocities.com/aneecp/cptypes.htm
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| | George Barker: Being Understood |
| | One of the reasons I enjoy the Adaptive P. Program so much is that the instructors and most of the aides understand the eccentricities of their students' disabilities. | | | I've been disabled by tension athetosis for 65 years. |
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http://www.marin.cc.ca.us/disabled/geospr03.htm
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| | Valium Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Diazepam - RxList Monographs |
| | For relief of acute anxiety when rapid action is required In acute alcohol withdrawal As a useful adjunct in | | | • endoscopic procedures • skeletal muscle spasm associated with local pathology, cerebral palsy, athetosis, stiff-man syndrome, tetanus • status epilepticus and severe recurrent convulsive seizures |
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| | athetosis -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The condition is usually caused by malfunctioning of the basal ganglia of the cerebrum. | | | "athetosis." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. |
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