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Akinesia; Akinetic
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Akinesis is an absence or paucity of movement, resulting from an abnormal motor control. It is a problem that may occur in Parkinson’s disease when patients develop freezing or inability to initiate movement. It may also occur as a result of a paralyzed muscle, such as with an anesthetic nerve block.
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Katz, D.I. (2018). Akinesis. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1915
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