RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
SR Print(0)
ID 57611217
T1 Chapter 3. Motor Paralysis
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 10e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0071794794
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57611217
RD 2021/01/22
AB Paralysis  means  loss  of  voluntary  movement  as  a  result  of  interruption  of  one  of  the  motor  pathways  at  any  point  from  the  cerebrum  to  the  muscle  fiber.  A  lesser  degree  of  paralysis  is  spoken  of  as  paresis.  The  word  plegia  comes  from  a  Greek  word  meaning  "to  strike,"  and  the  word  palsy  is  from  an  old  French  word  that  has  the  same  meaning  as  paralysis.  One  generally  uses  paralysis  or  plegia  for  severe  or  complete  loss  of  motor  function  and  paresis  for  partial  loss.