hemiparetic
- adjective
- /ˌhɛmɪpəˈrɛtɪk/
- Specialized
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hemiparético
- Impairments in posture, walking, and voluntary movements are common motor deficits in hemiparetic stroke patients.
- hemiparetic patients
- hemiparetic subject
- hemiparetic gait
Examples
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Hemiparetic patients walked slower, more asymmetrically, and swayed more laterally, favoring their nonaffected leg than did healthy persons.
Academic text (1995) -
The case reports demonstrated that the two non-ambulatory hemiparetic subjects regained their walking ability during the additional therapy on the gait trainer.
Academic text (2000) -
Also, in hemiparetic patients, this approach is increasingly applied (8).
Academic text (2000) -
Movement analysis of a healthy subject and a hemiparetic subject on the gait trainer and during treadmill walking
Academic text (2000) -
The hemiparetic subject (male, 55 years old) suffered from a severe right hemiparesis.
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Similar patterns of standing and locomotion were observed previously in hemiparetic patients, some of them with different types and locations of stroke (10, 12, 19).
Academic text (1995) -
The gait-like pattern of the hemiparetic subject on the new gait device was perfectly symmetrical.
Academic text (2000) -
Assessment of the wheelchair-bound hemiparetic subject walking on the treadmill and on the gait trainer demonstrated the rehabilitation potential of the new training device.
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The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the range of walking speeds in chronic hemiparetic patients is associated with their gait asymmetry and postural sway.
Academic text (1995) -
Impairments in posture, walking, and voluntary movements are common motor deficits in hemiparetic stroke patients.
Synonyms
Having partial paralysis that makes movement weak
Relating to or causing a loss of movement in part of the body
How Weak
Surface Forms
Morphology
hemiparetic = hemiparesis (semi-transparent) = hemi + paresis + ic
Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ic' to the medical noun 'hemiparesis'; the parts yield the correct meaning but are technical and may be unfamiliar to general learners.
Etymology
Hemiparetic comes from hemi- meaning 'half' and paresis meaning 'weakness'. So it describes weakness or partial paralysis on one side of the body.