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hypotonicity ↓ Muscle tone; limp muscles How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Ableware Corner Seat Positioning Aid is designed to promote head and upper-extremity control to encourage the development of fine motor control in children with hypotonicity or spasticity. Baron's research, performed in vitro (in test tubes rather than on human participants), revealed that saliva's natural hypotonicity (low salt) rapidly disrupted 90% or more of the HIV-infected blood mononuclear leukocytes, with a 10,000-fold or greater inhibition of the multiplication of HIV and surrogate viruses. Functional limitations observed in patients with cerebellar dysfunction may include postural instability,(8,9) gait ataxia,(8) dyssynergia (the inability to perform movement involving multiple joints in one smooth pattern),(10) hypotonicity (decreased resistance to passive stretch, with difficulty fixating limbs posturally),(12) fatiguability, and weakness resulting in activity limitations. |
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