Motor Disturbances: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Motor Disturbances

Stroke

Systemic or autonomic disturbances (eg, hypertension, fever) occasionally occur. Other manifestations, rather than neurologic deficits, often suggest the type of stroke. [msdmanuals.com]

Commonly observed neurological deficits include: Unilateral motor deficits, e.g., face drooping, hemiparesis/hemiplegia, inability to lift ipsilateral arm or abnormal gait [symptoma.com]

[…] the following: Pure motor hemiparesis Pure sensory hemianesthesia Ataxic hemiparesis Dysarthria–clumsy hand syndrome Lacunar infarcts *Ipsilateral facial sensory loss or motor [msdmanuals.com]

Classic Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Syndrome

Motor disturbances may occur later. [orpha.net]

Subthalamic nuclues: Motor/visual disturbance -Subtantia nigra: Motor deficits -superior colliculus: Visual disturbance -inferior colliculus: attention focus to auditory [quizlet.com]

Pilocytic Astrocytoma

This patient presented with a rare case of metachronous, multicentric gliomas first manifesting as headache and nausea in 1983 when he was an 8-year-old boy. Computed tomography revealed a cerebellar tumor and the tumor was subtotally resected. The histological diagnosis was pilocytic astrocytoma, and radiation[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Oculootoradial Syndrome

Extraocular motor disturbances and hearing loss of variable severity have also been reported. [malacards.org]

disturbances, and congenital bilateral non-progressive mixed hearing loss.EpidemiologyPrevalence of IVIC is not known. [malacards.org]

[…] and news Definition IVIC syndrome is a very rare genetic malformation syndrome characterized by upper limb anomalies (radial ray defects, carpal bone fusion), extraocular motor [retkebolesti.com]

Leprosy

Leprosy is characterized as a chronic infectious disease that may cause severe and disfiguring skin sores and neuropathy to the extremities. Because this disease is shrouded in terrifying stigmata in ancient times, lepers are often times out casted from the society. Any outbreaks of leprosy in any country are[…] [symptoma.com]

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 3

Dementia and motor disturbances worsen progressively. Psychiatric problems (such as aggressive behavior and sleep problems) have also been reported. [orpha.net]

Please note, if the patient’s primary presentation symptom is epilepsy but other NCL symptoms such as visual decline, behavioral/psychiatric symptoms, motor disturbances, [invitae.com]

Fatal Familial Insomnia

Fatal familial insomnia (FFI), a condition characterized by inability to sleep, dysautonomia, motor disturbances, and selective thalamic atrophy is a prion disease linked [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

FFI) is a very rare form of prion disease (see this term) characterized by subacute onset of insomnia showing as a reduced overall sleep time, autonomic dysfunction, and motor [wikidata.org]

Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) is an inherited disease characterized clinically by sleep, autonomic and motor disturbances and pathologically by marked atrophy of the anterior [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Paramyoclonus Multiplex

He has served as the President of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the International Medical Society of Motor Disturbances and is now President of [books.google.ro]

Autosomal Dominant Spastic Paraplegia Type 9A

Cross HE and McKusick VA (1967a) The Mast syndrome: a recessively inherited form of presenile dementia with motor disturbances. Archives of Neurology 16: 1–13. [els.net]

[…] system because damage to it produces motor disturbances. [nba.uth.tmc.edu]

Recognized features include sensory disturbance of the limbs, partial or complete visual loss, acute and subacute motor dysfunction of the limbs gait disturbances and diplopia [explainmedicine.com]

Extrapyramidal Disorder

these reactions are categorised under the term extrapyramidal effects. " Related Psychology Terms EXTRAPYRAMIDAL DYSKINESIA ATHETOSIS FACIAL MUSCLE EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMP MOTOR [psychologydictionary.org]

[Rather radical therapies in a patient with motor disturbances]. Pharm Weekbl 1992;127:869–72. Google Scholar 16. Fahn S. [link.springer.com]

[…] inactivity, and other neurologic disturbances Etiology Extrapyramidal dysfunction, often a reversible side effect of certain psychotropics–eg, phenothiazines. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Adult Brain Ependymoma

Epileptic seizures are mainly due to local metabolic changes which generate "electrical" disturbances at the origin of the seizures. [en.centredouleur.net]

[…] factors: Destruction of brain tissue Mass Effect Local metabolic changes Both the destruction of brain tissue and the mass effect can generate focal neurological deficits (motor [en.centredouleur.net]

Brain Stem Astrocytoma

Epileptic seizures are mainly due to local metabolic changes which generate "electrical" disturbances at the origin of the seizures. [en.centredouleur.net]

Adult Brainstem Astrocytoma

Epileptic seizures are mainly due to local metabolic changes which generate "electrical" disturbances at the origin of the seizures. [en.centredouleur.net]

Clivus Meningioma

Epileptic seizures are mainly due to local metabolic changes which generate "electrical" disturbances at the origin of the seizures. [en.centredouleur.net]

Millard-Gubler Syndrome

also known as ventral pontine syndrome, is one of the crossed paralysis syndromes, which are characterized by cranial nerves VI and VII palsies with contralateral body motor [radiopaedia.org]

[…] or sensory disturbances, the concepts of the medial longitudinal fasciculus and conjugate gaze, and the corticobulbar innervation of the facial nerve nucleus. [jamanetwork.com]

[…] or sensory disturbances 1-3. ipsilateral facial and contralateral body hemiplegia due to pyramidal tract involvement 1-3 isotropism and diplopia that is worsened while the [radiopaedia.org]

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 4J

[…] nerve conduction velocity Decreased nerve conduction velocity Distal sensory impairment Frequent falls Gait disturbance Motor delay Onion bulb formation Peripheral hypomyelination [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] the musculoskeletal system Ankle contracture Distal arthrogryposis Distal muscle weakness Frequent falls Abnormality of the nervous system Areflexia Axonal loss Decreased motor [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Coital Headache

In all but one patient, who had a transient blurred vision, the headache was not accompanied by nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, sensory/motor disturbances, or unconsciousness [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

There was no associated nausea, dizziness, phonophobia or photophobia or visual, motor or sensory disturbance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sex-related headaches generally occur without associated symptoms such as nausea, sensory or motor disturbances or unconsciousness, as in our patient. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Catatonic Schizophrenia

Abstract Catatonic schizophrenia, a rare subtype in this disease group, is characterized by motor disturbances. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Catatonic Schizophrenia type: Catatonic Schizophrenia means lessened muscle tone its symptoms are motor disturbances. [depression-guide.com]

It is best recognized by severe disturbances in motor behavior. [ic.steadyhealth.com]

Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome Type 1

There is a clear unmet clinical need for treatments in this area - as an example, see: Video 2 demonstrating the progressive nature of a motor disturbance, in the absence [ed.ac.uk]

Caudal Spinal Cord Tumor

The location of the tumors was intradural extramedullary(48.2%), extradural(25.3%), and intramedullary(19.3%). 3) The common clinical features were pain, motor disturbance [jkns.or.kr]

disturbance Motor disturbance is the next most common symptom. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Some common clinical features associated with spinal cord tumors include pain, mild motor weakness, progressive scoliosis and gait disturbances. [appliedradiology.com]

Van Bogaert-Hozay Syndrome

disturbances, loss of tendon jerks, with preservation of cutaneous reflexes, paresthesias with slight disturbance of objective sensibility, tenderness on pressure [jamanetwork.com]

convulsions (later), apathy,irritability, ataxia, upper and lower motor neuronpalsies, rigidity, complete paralysis and dementiain terminal stage, hypertonus, death fromintercurrent [eophtha.com]

Société médicale des hôpitaux de Paris on Oct. 13, 1916, we said: We call attention to a clinical syndrome which we have observed in two cases, a syndrome characterized by motor [jamanetwork.com]

X-Linked Spastic Paraplegia Type 34

Less common symptoms included ocular motor disturbance (11%), intentional tremor (11%), and seizures (3%). Brain MRI was available for 60 patients. [ng.neurology.org]

Cross HE and McKusick VA (1967a) The Mast syndrome: a recessively inherited form of presenile dementia with motor disturbances. Archives of Neurology 16: 1–13. [els.net]

Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome Type 2

There is a clear unmet clinical need for treatments in this area - as an example, see: Video 2 demonstrating the progressive nature of a motor disturbance, in the absence [ed.ac.uk]

Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome

Behavioural and motor disturbances emerged after that time. Optic atrophy can be the first and for some time only symptom of the Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The case history is presented of a man who died at the age of 38 years and had been suffering from severe torsion dystonia and a hypokinetic-rigid motor disturbance since [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Macrocytic Hyperchromic Anemia

[…] such as sensory and motor disturbances, and fevers. [link.springer.com]

[…] thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is classically defined as the pentad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA), thrombocytopenia, acute kidney injury (AKI), and neurological disturbances [link.springer.com]

Mononeuropathy Multiplex

Monoeuropathies are characterized by neuropathic pain and motor disturbances in the distribution of one affected nerve. [link.springer.com]

Pure motor nerve involvement begins with painless weakness; pure sensory nerve involvement begins with sensory disturbances and no weakness. [msdmanuals.com]

Autosomal Recessive Spastic Paraplegia Type 39

disturbances in the family. [bmcmedgenet.biomedcentral.com]

Less common symptoms included ocular motor disturbance (11%), intentional tremor (11%), and seizures (3%). Brain MRI was available for 60 patients. [ng.neurology.org]

Cross HE and McKusick VA (1967a) The Mast syndrome: a recessively inherited form of presenile dementia with motor disturbances. Archives of Neurology 16: 1–13. [els.net]

Alpha-Mannosidosis

Symptoms include intellectual disabilities, hearing impairment, motor function disturbances, facial coarsening and musculoskeletal abnormalities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Associated motor function disturbances include muscular weakness, joint abnormalities and ataxia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Detailed assessment of motor function revealed age-dependent gait defects in the mice that resemble the disturbed motor function in human patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Brain Stem Hemorrhage

OBJECTIVE: Primary brainstem hemorrhage (PBH) frequently causes severe disturbances of consciousness, papillary abnormalities, as well as respiratory and motor disturbances [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Temporal Lobe Disorder

Motor or movement disturbances (called automatisms) may include the following: Rhythmic muscle contractions on one side of the body or face Abnormal mouth behaviors (lip smacking [webmd.com]

disturbances, sensory symptoms, or autonomic symptoms. [webmd.com]

[…] sense of familiarity) or recalled memories or emotions A sudden, intense emotion not related to anything happening at the time During the seizure, a person may experience motor [webmd.com]