Motor Disorders
1.Hypoagility:
An overall lowering or deprivation of activities
2.Hyperagility:
Means Excessive activity
3.Mannerisms:
A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving
4.Stereotypies:
A motor disorder with onset in childhood involving repetitive, nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand waving or head banging)
5.Posturing:
An abnormal involuntary flexion or extension of the arms, legs and or body parts.
6.Waxy flexibility:
The person is nearly or completely unresponsive to stimuli and remains immobile for long periods of time
7.Echopraxia:
Meaningless repetition or imitation of the movements of others
8.Negativism:
Seen in patients with catatonia. opposition or no response to instructions or external stimuli
9.Automatism:
Automatism is more or less coordinated,involuntary motor activity Occurring during a state of impaired consciousness either in the course of or after an epileptic seizure and usually followed by amnesia.
10.Agitation:
A state of anxiety or nervous excitement
11.Tics:
Condition that involves brief, uncontrollable, spasm-like movements
12.Compulsions:
Compulsive acts can be defined as repetitious,purposeful physical or mental actions that the individual feels Compelled to engage in a stereotyped manner.
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