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Movimientos incontrolables - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Movimientos corporales incontrolables; Movimientos irrefrenables; Movimientos corporales involuntarios; Discinesia, Atetosis; Movimientos incontrolables del cuerpo; Mioclono; Balismo

Definición:

Los movimientos incontrolables comprenden muchos tipos de movimientos que uno no puede controlar. Ellos pueden afectar los brazos, las piernas, la cara, el cuello u otras partes del cuerpo.

Los ejemplos de movimientos incontrolables son:

  • Pérdida del tono (asterixis).
  • Movimientos lentos, de torsión o continuos (corea, atetosis o distonía).
  • Movimientos espasmódicos repentinos (mioclono, balismo).
  • Movimientos repetitivos e incontrolables que causan temblor.

Ver también: discinesia tardía.

Causas:

Hay muchas causas para los movimientos incontrolables. Algunos movimientos duran sólo un corto tiempo. Otros se deben a una afección permanente del cerebro y la médula espinal y pueden empeorar.

Algunos de estos movimientos afectan a los niños, mientras que otros afectan sólo a los adultos.

Causas en los niños:

Causas en los adultos:

  • Drogas
  • Trastorno genético
  • Lesión cerebral o accidente cerebrovascular
  • Tumores
  • Enfermedad progresiva (degenerativa)
  • Reviewed last on: 2/5/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by Joseph V. Campellone, MD, Division of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Jankovic J, Lang AE. Movement disorders: diagnosis and assessment. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 23.

Lang A. Other movement disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 434.

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