hypokinesia
- noun
- /ˌhaɪpəˈkɪniə/
- Specialized
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hipokinesia
- The doctor explained that hypokinesia refers to reduced activity and movement, which can affect daily life.
- hypokinesia and bradykinesia
Examples
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Akinesia is related to a poverty of spontaneous movement, while hypokinesia describes decreased bodily movements.
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This fact allows one to consider hypokinesia as one of the main causes of obesity.
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Hypokinesia parameters were characterized as how patients moved their arms.
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Bradykinesia is sometimes also used to describe two other motor disorders: akinesia and hypokinesia.
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Bradykinesia and hypokinesia ratings (item 24) are estimated through a higher error (14% compared to 7%). Two factors may influence this lower accuracy.
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None of the hypokinesia-related parameters was significantly correlated with this UPDRS item.
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This study used ambulatory monitoring to quantify bradykinesia and hypokinesia in a population of 50 PD patients.
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As these parameters cannot directly be translated into single UPDRS items, authors chose to compare them to the item that represents the overall bradykinesia and hypokinesia.
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Zwartjes et al. assessed bradykinesia and hypokinesia in PD patients while they were asked to perform certain daily tasks and UPDRS motor tests in a randomly predefined order.
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In patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, hypokinesia can lead to significant difficulties in movement.
Synonyms
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9.8
A condition of reduced movement in muscles and organs
Antonyms
- Specialized
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9.9
A condition that makes a person move too much and have trouble staying still
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypokinesia = hypokinesis (semi-transparent) = hypo + kinesis + ia
The word is built from the medical base hypokinesis plus the nominal ending -ia, but the specialized medical sense may not be obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Hypokinesia is made of hypo- meaning 'less' and kinesis meaning 'movement', the same root as in kinetic. So, hypokinesia is a medical name for 'less movement' of the body or a part of the body.