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Functional neurologic disorder or functional neurological disorder (FND) is a condition in which patients experience neurological symptoms such as weakness, movement problems, sensory symptoms, and convulsions.
Gait abnormality is a deviation from normal walking ().Watching a patient walk is an important part of the neurological examination. Normal gait requires that many systems, including strength, sensation and coordination, function in an integrated fashion.
Occurs when walking 2 Occurs with one or more of the following: eating, bathing, dressing (ADL) 1 Occurs at rest, difficulty breathing when either sitting or lying 0 Significant difficulty, considering using mechanical respiratory support 11. Orthopnea (new) 4 None 3 Some difficulty sleeping at night due to shortness of breath
A trailhead signage that shows the grade of a walking path at a park in Sydney, Australia.. A trail difficulty rating system, also known as walking track grading system, walk gradings or trail grades, is a classification system for trails or walking paths based on their relative technical and physical difficulty. [1]
Focal neurologic signs, also known as focal neurological deficits or focal CNS signs, are impairments of nerve, spinal cord, or brain function that affects a specific region of the body, e.g. weakness in the left arm, the right leg, paresis, or plegia.
Main symptoms of multiple sclerosis Symptoms and findings in multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis can cause a variety of symptoms varying significantly in severity and progression among individuals: changes in sensation (hypoesthesia), muscle weakness, abnormal muscle spasms, or difficulty moving; difficulties with coordination and balance; problems in speech or swallowing (), visual ...
Topographical disorientation is the inability to orient oneself in one's surroundings, sometimes as a result of focal brain damage. [1] This disability may result from the inability to make use of selective spatial information (e.g., environmental landmarks) or to orient by means of specific cognitive strategies such as the ability to form a mental representation of the environment, also known ...
Difficulty walking (ambulation is typically lost by age 5–15 years) Contractures Characteristically, bilateral contractures of the proximal joints of the upper extremities (shoulder and elbows) and proximal joints of the lower extremities (hips and knees). Spine contractures in the form of progressive scoliosis occurs and occasionally ...