Usage examples (11)

• Many children who have spasticity or athetosis also have problems with balance.
• Stiffness, with the knees bent or with legs separated, occurs more commonly in the child with spasticity and athetosis combined (see below).
• Most children with athetosis have normal intelligence, but if the muscles needed for speech are affected, it may be hard for them to communicate their thoughts and needs.
• These include tongue protrusion; lip smacking; chewing movements; blinking; athetosis of the fingers and toes; shoulder shrugging; and myoclonic movements of the head,...