Akinesia

Akinesia in medicine: research and practical application

Akinesia is a condition in which a person or animal is unable to move or moves only slightly with great difficulty. This can be the result of various diseases or body conditions that affect a person's ability to move. In medicine, akinesia is usually studied and an attempt is made to determine the cause of this condition.

Causes of akinesia in medicine

There are many reasons why a person may experience akinesia. Some of the most common reasons include:

* Paralysis is the main cause of akinesia in people of any age. Since paralysis is one of the symptoms, it must always be excluded by the first investigators. In addition, clinical data show high rates of paralysis in a variety of other diseases. Paralyzing diseases affect both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Therefore, paralysis of muscles, nerves and paresis of the limbs is extremely characteristic of the systemic nature of many diseases. How does paralysis occur? With any nervous disease, the patient or those close to the patient are faced with a dysfunction of the nervous system: movement disorders, sensory disturbances, neuritis, memory loss, loss of smell, taste, and hearing. * Systemic muscle degeneration - a number of muscle disorders occur at a systemic level, in different muscles of the body. Such diseases can be distinguished from classic nutritional diseases without special diagnosis by a neurologist. Patients with systemic degenerations are given general prescriptions. As a rule, the doctor prescribes chemotherapy and plasmapheresis. Such conditions manifest themselves, first of all, with a decrease in overall muscle tone and inhibition of muscle activity. When measuring the patient's muscle strength, it becomes clear that muscle tone is restored. However, due to the fact that the muscles are not protected by joint capsules, they initially gradually undergo atrophy. The pain that bothers you is usually