stereotyped movement

  • 1stereotyped response — ▪ biology Introduction       unlearned behavioral reaction of an organism to some environmental stimulus. It is an adaptive mechanism and may be expressed in a variety of ways. All living organisms exhibit one or more types of stereotyped… …

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  • 2Movement disorder — For the journal, see Movement Disorders (journal). Movement disorder Classification and external resources ICD 10 F44.4, F98.4, G25.8 G25.9, R25 ICD 9 …

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  • 3Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness — The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (or MSIA, sometimes pronounced messiah ) is a 501(c)(3) non profit religious corporation, incorporated in California on June 25, 1971. Before incorporation, the group was founded in California in 1968 by… …

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  • 4Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation — Positions and MovementThe position of a limb is defined by identifying it with the coordinates of the SoR. Movements of limbs are also defined, oriented and measured in relation to the SoR.To document transitions between static positions the… …

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  • 5Stereotypic movement disorder — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Stereotypic movement disorder ICD10 = F98.4 ICD9 = ICD9|307.3 Stereotypic movement disorder is a disorder of childhood involving repetitive, nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand waving or head banging), that… …

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  • 6men's movement — /ˈmɛnz muvmənt/ (say menz l moohvmuhnt) noun a movement which aims to liberate men from the stereotyped images which constrain their behaviour. Also, men s liberation. {modelled on women s movement} …

  • 7rhythmic movement disorder — repetitive, rhythmic, stereotyped, large muscle body or head movements occurring during the transition to sleep, such as in jactatio capitis nocturna; onset is usually in infancy and the disorder is usually outgrown by the age of five …

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  • 8mental 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.,… …

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  • 9Tic — A repetitive movement that is difficult, if not impossible, to control. Tics can affect any group of muscles. The most common are facial tics, such as eye blinking, nose twitching, or grimacing. Tics that affect the muscles used to produce speech …

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  • 10Hyperkinesia — This article is about hyperkinesia, the pathologically increased muscular movement. For hyperkinesis, hyperactivity often seen in children, see Hyperkinesis. Hyperkinesia Basal ganglia and its normal pathways. This circuitry is often disrupted in …

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