What's the difference between ataxia and incoordination?

Ataxia


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Ataxy

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ketamine alone caused ataxia even in the lowest dose used.
  • (2) Serum copper concentration also was measured in dams and kids in a control herd that had no history of ataxia.
  • (3) Then, all had eye movements disturbances and ataxia.
  • (4) He was unable to walk alone at 2 years of age and developed seizures and intermittent ataxia at 5 years of age.
  • (5) On admission, neurological examination revealed staggering gait and the right cerebellar ataxia showing dysmetria and dysdiadochokinesis.
  • (6) The clinical presentation of our family includes amyotrophic changes in some affected family members in addition to ataxia.
  • (7) The isointensity bands in the ischemic area on T2-weighted images showed the spared transverse fibers originating from the contralateral pontine nuclei, and this may explain the cause of the unilateral ataxia.
  • (8) Four patients with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia and retinal degeneration underwent neurologic and ophthalmologic examinations and computer-assessed corneal electroretinography.
  • (9) The results are discussed in terms of the possible induction of radiogenic lesions in DNA by ultraviolet radiations and the possible mechanisms of radiation sensitivity in ataxia-telangiectasia.
  • (10) This microheterogeneity of serum AFP was studied in seven patients with ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) in order to determine the tissue of origin of their elevated AFP levels.
  • (11) A cat which developed a change of temperament, with muscle tremors, ataxia and pupillary dilatation was suspected and later confirmed histopathologically to have a spongiform encephalopathy.
  • (12) A study of lipid metabolism in 14 patients with ataxia-teleangiectasia also demonstrated an increase of lipid content in myelin, free cholesterol, etherconnected cholesterol, triglycerides and diglycerides in the plasma.
  • (13) The levorotatory form of 5-hydroxytryptophan significantly improved the ataxia score.
  • (14) The rise in FEP in Friedreich's ataxia correlated well with the age of the individual and thus appears to be related to the course of the disease.
  • (15) These results indicate that in spite of cerebellar degeneration and ataxia, lurcher mutants are not impaired in all tests measuring motor function.
  • (16) Both calves had a history of progressive incoordination and ataxia.
  • (17) The progression of scoliosis was found to be an important tool in the differential diagnosis of ataxias.
  • (18) Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a progressive neurologic disorder in which there is varied immune dysfunction, an excess sensitivity to ionizing radiation, and a striking predisposition to cancer.
  • (19) Although some PCD neuropsychological test scores were abnormal, these results could not, in general, be dissociated from the effects of dysarthria and ataxia.
  • (20) Dose response curves for acute and protracted exposures have been obtained for cells derived from patients with cancer-prone syndromes including ataxia telangiectasia (AT) and Bloom's syndrome.

Incoordination


Definition:

  • (n.) Want of coordination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Electromyography of the periurethral striated muscle revealed vesicosphincter incoordination in 9 of the 19 patients studied.
  • (2) Both calves had a history of progressive incoordination and ataxia.
  • (3) These results suggest that in vivo formation of n-butanol after administration of 2,4-D-n-butyl ester is responsible for the motor incoordination but not the depression of locomotor activity observed following 2,4-D-n-butyl ester administration.
  • (4) The main symptom "incoordination" (ataxia, asynergy, paresis, paralysis) is used by us more precisely only in case of impairment of nervous system by neoplastic infiltrations and does not signify as possible symptoms of general physical weakness, for example faltering, staggering, tumbling or lameness.
  • (5) These techniques enable a quantitative evaluation of thoraco-abdominal incoordination seen notably in patients with chronic airflow obstruction and in cases of respiratory muscle fatigue.
  • (6) We studied 35 children with voiding dysfunction and detrusor-sphincter incoordination.
  • (7) Eleven derivatives including alkyl-, benzyl-, xylyl- and phenylethyl-substitution onto the N3-position of 1 were synthesized and their pharmacological effects were evaluated using hypnotic activity, locomotor activity, motor incoordination and pentobarbital-induced sleep prolongation as indices.
  • (8) Preliminary results indicate that more than 50 per cent of the patients with bladder sphincter incoordination managed by self-voiding had urinary tract deterioration.
  • (9) )-induced motor incoordination did not produce seizures.
  • (10) Though there was no muscular weakness in the extremities, incoordination and dysmetria were noted in the left arm and leg.
  • (11) Spasticity and incoordination of the oropharyngeal and respiratory muscles create functional problems with speech and swallowing.
  • (12) The survivors of this early phase of the illness usually showed improvement before relapsing into the second (or chronic) phase, which was characterized clinically by central nervous system disturbances including incoordination, tremors, convulsions, paresis, and muscle atrophy.
  • (13) This compound has a relative low hypnogenic activity as well as a low potency to produce motor incoordination.
  • (14) The peculiarities of this case were incoordinance of asphyxia, cyanosis, hypertrophy of the right heart with the level of pulmonary insufficiency.
  • (15) Two patients, a brother and sister, presenting with reduced visual acuity, nystagmus, hypopigmentation of the maculae, head nodding, dysarthria and other neuromuscular incoordinations are reported.
  • (16) It is thus stressed the opportunity of echocardiography approach for the identification of the incoordinate ventricular contraction and for the determination of IRP duration which may be exposed to serious mistakes using the traditional phono-apexcardiographic method.
  • (17) The pantographic reproducibility index (PRI) has been developed to quantitate incoordinated mandibular movements; one of the signs and symptoms of TMJ dysfunction.
  • (18) ), a coronary vasodilator and an uptake inhibitor of adenosine, dose dependently potentiated acute ethanol-induced motor incoordination in mice.
  • (19) Pretreatment with theophylline significantly attenuated the carbamazepine-induced potentiation of ethanol-induced motor incoordination and loss-of-righting reflex.
  • (20) The relationship between incoordination of the neck or trunk musculature and chronic pain is unclear.

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