Involuntary, rapid, irregular, jerky movements; clinical feature of Hungtington's disease.
Involuntary nervous disorder that results in muscular twitching of the limbs or facial muscles.
muscular twitches resulting from Canine Distemper Virus Infection.
A nervous system disorder characterized by involuntary spasms of the limbs or facial muscles. A hereditary form is called Huntington's chorea.
abnormal movement disorder which is characterised by jerky dance-like movements of the affected parts
A neuromuscular condition, with twitching and spastic muscle control.
irregular, unpredictable, brief, jerky movement.
Gr. 'dance'. Involuntary movements representing fragments of motor programs ( Ch. 28).
Involuntary irregular twitching of the muscles some times associated with rheumatic fever. Also called St Vitus Dance or Sydenham's Chorea.
uncontrollable, small, jerky types of movements of toes and fingers. Chorea is present in some individuals with cerebral palsy.
Chorea is the name given to abnormal involuntary movements that result from disturbances in certain parts of the brain.The movements are restless or ‘fidgetyâ€(tm) in nature and may occur in various diseases including Huntingtonâ€(tm)s disease and CJD.
a sudden, graceful but involuntary movement of arms or legs.
Involuntary muscle twitching - most commonly as a sequence to Canine Distemper.
repetitive involuntary writhing movement of the head and arms.
excessive motor activity ranging in severity from restlessness and twitching, to flinging movements, sudden jerks and spasms.
any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
Chorea is the term for the uncontrollable movements of the arms, legs, trunk, and face often seen in Huntington's Disease. close window
rapid, jerky, dance-like movement of the body.
A disorder, usually of childhood, characterized by irregular, spasmodic involuntary movements of the limbs or facial muscles.
excessive involuntary movements, ranging from twisting or writhing to flailing movements of the extremities
Involuntary, jerking, irregular writhing movements usually of limbs, often indicative of CNS disease.
Quick, jerky movements of the head and limbs.
rapid, jerky, dance-like movements of the body. Dementia: progressive deterioration of mental state.
Ongoing, rapid, and irregular flitting movements of the body that appear willful, but are involuntary
A movement disorder characterized by involuntary, dance-like movements of the arms, legs and head.
uncontrolled body movements. Chorea is derived from the Greek word for dance.
a class of disorders which involve abrupt and quick movements of the head, trunk, or appendages which seem sometimes to be dancelike or "choreographed." The term choreic tic is used to describe the type of tics seen in choreas. Includes Syndenhams Chorea and Huntingtons disease. GTS is not a type of chorea.
a movement disorder caused by damage to the extrapyramidal system and characterized by quick, random, involuntary movements
Widespread arrhythmic movements of a forcible, rapid, jerky, restless type; movements are irregular and variable, but continuous. They may be simple or quite elaborate, and affect any part of body. Can be caused by damage to the caudate nucleus.
Any of several diseases of the nervous system, characterized by jerky movements that appear to be well coordinated but are performed involuntarily, chiefly of the face and extremities. Synonym: Saint Vitus' dance.
A type of dyskinesia (abnormal movement), characterised by continuing, rapid, dance-like movements. May result from high doses of levodopa and/or long term levodopa therapy.
Greek word for "dance." Chorea refers to an uncontrollable dance-like motion of twisting and turning that affects many persons with HD.
A nervous jerking caused by involuntary contractions of the muscles (may be caused by distemper or hepatitis).
Rapid, jerky, dancelike movement of the body.
A general term for nervous disorders characterized by involuntary, random, jerking movements of muscles in the body, face, or extremities
Nervous disorder marked by muscular twitching of arms, legs and face.
Abrupt, quick, jerky movements of the head, neck, arms, or legs.
A nervous condition marked by involuntary muscular twitching in the limbs or facial muscles.
Chorea is seen as rapid, purposeless, involuntary movements in the extremities and the face. Chorea is a neurologic syndrome that may appear several months after infection with Streptococcus Type A, the agent causing rheumatic fever..
Uncontrollable, jerky movements of the toes and fingers.
Movements that are sudden, random, and involuntary
Disorder characterized by irregular, spasmodic, involuntary movements of individual muscles or small muscle groups of the face, fingers and toes.
Chorea sancti viti (Latin for "St. Vitus' dance") is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. The term chorea is derived from a Greek word khoreia (a kind of dance, see chorea), as the quick movements of the feet or hands are vaguely comparable to dancing or piano playing.
Chorea (choreia, khoreia, χοÏεία) is a circle dance (χοÏεÏω σε κÏκλο) accompanied by singing (see chorus, khoros), known in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance (χοÏεία) in his epic poem, the Iliad.