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hemiparesis

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hemiparesis /hemi·pa·re·sis/ (-pah-re´sis) paresis affecting one side of the body.
hem·i·pa·re·sis (hm-p-rss, -pr-ss)
n.
Slight paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body. Also called hemiamyosthenia.

hemiparesis
paresis affecting one side of the body.

hemiparesis  Neurology Weakness of one side of the body


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Active finger extension predicts outcomes after constraint-induced movement therapy for individuals with hemiparesis after stroke.
An 11-year-old girl with Sturge-Weber syndrome and associated seizures, mental retardation, behavioral disorder, and hemiparesis was referred to our otolaryngology department for evaluation of conductive hearing loss and recurrent otitis media.
He was treated at the hospital for four days and returned to the facility with orders for padded 3/4-length siderails to provide a physical barrier during seizures and when independently moving in bed, since his hemiparesis made his movements jerky and erratic.
 
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