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Old 11-26-2011, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by alice md View Post
What is termed "movement disorders" is usually the result of a brain lesion that leads to loss of the normal control and co-ordination. Many times you can temporarily over-ride it by strong cues. For instance patients with Parkinson's disease who can hardly move, will run when they see fire.
Or patients with Tick disorders can "hold" them for a while, but then they will burst out.
Other examples of temporarily overriding movement disorders: Michael J. Fox tremors up to the skating rink, but as soon as he steps on the ice, you can't tell he's sick. There's a video of an old man with Parkinson's who can barely hobble down the hall, but hops on a bicycle and tootles around the parking lot like a young boy. Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has spasmodic dysphonia (a form of dystonia with involuntary spasms of the vocal chords) and he couldn't talk, unless he put on a phony British accent, then he could suddenly speak.
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