{"id":7314,"date":"2019-05-22T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/athetoid_-or_athetotiform-_movements\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:55:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:55:32","slug":"athetoid_-or_athetotiform-_movements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/athetoid_-or_athetotiform-_movements\/","title":{"rendered":"Athetoid (or athetotiform) movements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those resembling the slow, involuntary writhing movements characteristic of athetosis, and especially evident in the hands and fingers and sometimes in the feet. &nbsp;First described by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enotes.com\/topic\/William_John_Little\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.enotes.com\/topic\/William_John_Little&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William John Little<\/a> (1810-1894) in 1843. Athetoid cerebral palsy (CP) arises from damage to the basal ganglia or cerebellum, and occurs in about 10% of children with CP. &nbsp;Speech is nearly always affected to some degree due to difficulties in controlling the tongue, breathing and vocal cords. &nbsp;In addition, there may be drooling and problems with eating. &nbsp;Mixed CP commonly includes athetoid movements or dystonia or both, and mild spasticity. &nbsp;The movements may be reduced or disappear during sleep, but they are worsened by exercise (e.g., walking) and emotional stress. &nbsp;They may also be evident in Tourette&#8217;s syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"basal_ganglia_-disorders-\">Basal ganglia (disorders)<\/a>, <a href=\"cerebellum_-disorders-\">Cerebellum (disorders)<\/a>, <a href=\"cerebral_palsy\">Cerebral palsy<\/a>, <a href=\"choreiform_movements\">Choreiform movements<\/a>, <a href=\"dyskinesia\">Dyskinesia<\/a>, <a href=\"dystonia\">Dystonia<\/a>, <a href=\"grasp_response\">Grasp response<\/a>, <a href=\"huntington-s_disease_-or_chorea-\">Huntington&#8217;s disease (or chorea)<\/a>, <a href=\"muscle_tone_-or_power-\">Muscle tone (or power)<\/a>, <a href=\"spasticity\">Spasticity<\/a>, Tourette&#8217;s syndrome<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those resembling the slow, involuntary writhing movements characteristic of athetosis, and especially evident in the hands and fingers and sometimes in the feet. &nbsp;First described by William John Little (1810-1894) in 1843. Athetoid cerebral palsy (CP) arises from damage to the basal ganglia or cerebellum, and occurs in about 10% of children with CP. &nbsp;Speech &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/athetoid_-or_athetotiform-_movements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Athetoid (or athetotiform) movements&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}