Akinesia

Classification according to ICD-10
R29.8	Akinesia
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Akinesia , also akinesia ( old Greek κίνησις kínēsis "movement" with alpha privativum ) denotes a high degree of inactivity to immobility.

neurology

In neurology , it is one of the main symptoms of Parkinson's disease . Akinesia can also be observed as an extrapyramidal side effect of drugs from the group of neuroleptics . In connection with abulia , the akinetic-abulic syndrome can arise.

Occasionally, akinetic patients may experience spontaneous, normal movements. This phenomenon is known as kinesia paradoxa .

In cardiology , this term is used, for example, in echocardiography : a part of the heart wall is akinetic if it is scarred or numb after a heart attack, for example ; Even with severe stenosis in coronary heart disease , part of the heart may stop moving, which is called hibernation .

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