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| movement of limb away from the midline of the body |
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| inflammation of the Achilles tendon caused by excessive stress |
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| movement of limb towards the midline of the body |
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| band of fibrous tissue that holds structures together abnormally and can form in muscles or internal organs as the results of an injury or surgery |
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| "medication administered to control spasmodic activity of smooth muscles, such as those of the intestine; also know as antispasmodic" |
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| inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary movement |
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| lacking normal muscle tone or strength |
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| weakness or wearing away of body tissues and structures caused by pathology or by disuse over a long period of time |
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| antispasmodic medication that may be administered preoperatively to relax smooth muscles |
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| extreme slowness in movement |
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| swelling that creates pressure on the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel |
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| circular movement of a limb at the far end |
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| "permanent tightening of fascia, muscles, tendons, ligaments, or skin that occurs when normally elastic connective tissues are replaced with nonelastic fibrous tissues." |
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| bends the foot upward at the angle |
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| distortion or impairment of voluntary movement in which the movements appear purposeful but are not under voluntary control. |
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| difficulty in controlling voluntary movement; artial ataxia |
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| condition of abnormal muscle tone |
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| diagnostic procedure that measures the electrical activity within muscle fibers in respones to nerve stimulation |
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| diagnostic procedure for testing and recording neuromuscular activity by the electric stimulation of the nerve trunk that carries fibers to and from the muscles |
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| inflammation of the tissues surrounding the elbow. |
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| study of human factors that affect the design and operation of tools and the work environment |
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| surgical repair of a fascia |
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| "chronic, often disabling, condition of unknown cause characterized by uncontrollable fatigue and widespread pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons" |
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| harmless fluid-filled swelling that occurs most commonly on the outer surface of the wrist |
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| slight paralysis of one side of the body |
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| total paralysis of one side of the body |
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| abnormally increased motor function or activity |
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| condition of excessive tone of the skeletal muscle |
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| abnormally decreased motor function or activity |
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| contitioni in which there is diminished tone of the skeletal muscle |
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| when inflamed and swollen tendons are caught in the narrow space between the bones within the shoulder joint |
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| intermittent claudication |
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| pain in the leg muscles that occurs in the legs during exercise and is relieved by rest |
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| study of muscular activity and the resulting movement of body parts |
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| group of inherited muscle disorders that cause muscle weakness without affecting the nervous system |
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| muscle tenderness or pain |
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| chronic autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction and produces serious weakness of voluntary muscles |
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| protrusion of a muscle through its ruptured sheath or fascia |
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| spasm or twitching of a muscle or groups of muscles |
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| tenderness and swelling of the muscles and their surrounding fascia caused by overworking the muscles |
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| degeneration of muscle tissue |
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| weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle |
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| surgical suturing of a muscle or muscle wound |
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| inflammation of a skeletal muscle |
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| delayed relaxation of a muscle after a strong contraction |
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| paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body |
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| specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation |
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| inflammation of plantar fascia causing foot or heel pain when walking |
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| inflammation of several skeletal muscles at the same time |
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| act of rotating the arm or leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned downard or backwards |
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| the paralysis of all four extremities |
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| age-related reduction in skeletal muscle mass in the elderly |
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| stiff neck due to spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles that pull the head towards the affected side; wryneck |
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| ringlike muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway |
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| "act of rotating the arm or the leg so that the palm of the ahnd or sole of the foot, is turned forward or upward" |
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| surgical suturing of the end of a tendon to bone |
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| to free a tendon from adhesions |
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| surgical suturing of a divided tendon |
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