muscular imbalance
1imbalance — /im bal euhns/, n. 1. the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution. 2. faulty muscular or glandular coordination. [1895 1900; IM 2 + BALANCE] * * * …
2imbalance — im•bal•ance [[t]ɪmˈbæl əns[/t]] n. 1) the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution 2) faulty muscular or glandular coordination • Etymology: 1895–1900 …
3imbalance — /ɪmˈbæləns/ (say im baluhns) noun 1. the state or condition of lacking balance. 2. faulty muscular or glandular co ordination …
4Orofacial myological disorders — Orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMD) (sometimes called “oral myofunctional disorder , and “tongue thrust”) are disorders of the muscles around involving the face, mouth, lips, or jaw. Recent studies on incidence and prevalence of tongue thrust …
5Tongue thrust — (also called reverse or immature swallow) is the common name given to orofacial muscular imbalance, a human behavioral pattern in which the tongue protrudes through the anterior incisors during swallowing, speech and while the tongue is at rest.… …
6kinesiology — noun /kəˌni.ziˈɔ.lə.dʒɪ/ a) the study of body movement b) the application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance …
7Prism correction — Eye care professionals use prism correction as a component of some eyeglass prescriptions. A lens with prism correction displaces the image, which is used to treat muscular imbalance or other conditions (see vergence dysfunction) that cause… …
8strabismus — stra·bis·mus || strÉ™ bɪzmÉ™s n. abnormality in which the eyes are unable to focus together on the same object due to a muscular imbalance, crossed eyes, squint (Ophthalmology) …
9mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
