Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Clonus agotable
English translation:
transient / nonsustained /exhaustible clonus
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Charles Davis
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Clonus agotable
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This term I can find in Spanish, but not in English.
"Agotable" I understand but as a medical term???
Thank you for any help.
"Agotable" I understand but as a medical term???
Thank you for any help.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | transient / nonsustained clonus |
Charles Davis
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| 4 | exhaustible clonus |
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| 4 | involuntary muscular contractions in short supply |
Andrew Bramhall
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Change log
Mar 29, 2016 01:15: Charles Davis changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/55640">Eileen Brophy's</a> old entry - "Clonus agotable "" to ""transient / nonsustained clonus""
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transient / nonsustained clonus
Both terms are found. "Clonus agotable" is point 4 on the standard reflex scale:
"4+ [...] Respuesta repetida y rítmica Clonus agotable"
https://books.google.fr/books?id=AqkUJ-UVcWcC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA...
"Reflex scale [...]
4: Transient clonus"
https://books.google.fr/books?id=fSlFA8B24FgC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6...
"Deep Tendon Reflexes [...]
4+: nonsustained clonus (i.e., repetitive vibratory movements)"
http://www.neuroexam.com/neuroexam/content.php?p=31
"4+ [...] Respuesta repetida y rítmica Clonus agotable"
https://books.google.fr/books?id=AqkUJ-UVcWcC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA...
"Reflex scale [...]
4: Transient clonus"
https://books.google.fr/books?id=fSlFA8B24FgC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6...
"Deep Tendon Reflexes [...]
4+: nonsustained clonus (i.e., repetitive vibratory movements)"
http://www.neuroexam.com/neuroexam/content.php?p=31
Peer comment(s):
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Luke Mersh
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Thanks, Luke :)
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Thanks, Muriel!
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Comment: "Thank you very much for your help Charles <3"
17 mins
exhaustible clonus
Grades of Reflex Intensity
healthcaresciencesocw.wayne.edu/reflex/2_11.htm
+1. Brisk. ++++. Pathologically brisk with clonus. +2. Very brisk. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998; 65:794-796. +3. Exhaustible clonus. +4. Continuous clonus.
Mayo and NINDS scales for assessment of tendon reflexes ...
jnnp.bmj.com/content/64/2/253.full.pdf
de S Manschot - 1998 - Citado por 53 - Artículos relacionados
Exhaustible clonus. +3. Continuous clonus. +4. Table 2 NINDS scale for tendon reflex assessment1. Description. Score. Reflex absent. 0. Reflex slight, less than ..
healthcaresciencesocw.wayne.edu/reflex/2_11.htm
+1. Brisk. ++++. Pathologically brisk with clonus. +2. Very brisk. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998; 65:794-796. +3. Exhaustible clonus. +4. Continuous clonus.
Mayo and NINDS scales for assessment of tendon reflexes ...
jnnp.bmj.com/content/64/2/253.full.pdf
de S Manschot - 1998 - Citado por 53 - Artículos relacionados
Exhaustible clonus. +3. Continuous clonus. +4. Table 2 NINDS scale for tendon reflex assessment1. Description. Score. Reflex absent. 0. Reflex slight, less than ..
21 mins
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36
involuntary muscular contractions in short supply
Clonus is a series of involuntary, rhythmic, muscular contractions , relaxations, and spasms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonus
Discussion
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0781773598
William W. Campbell - 2007 - Medical
Ankle clonus consists of a series of rhythmic alternating flexions and ... Unsustained (transient, exhaustible, or abortive) symmetric ankle clonus may occur in ...