- Source: Abasia
Abasia (from Greek: a-, without and basis, step) is the inability to walk owing to impairment in motor coordination.
The term covers a spectrum of medical disorders such as:
choreic abasia: caused by chorea of the legs
paralytic abasia: caused by paralysis of the leg muscles
spastic abasia: caused by spastic stiffening of the leg muscles
trembling abasia: caused by trembling of the legs
Abasia is frequently accompanied by astasis, an inability to stand, see Astasia-abasia.
See also
Aboulia
Astasia
Paul Oscar Blocq
References
Further reading
Reber, Arthur S.; Reber, Emily S. (2001). The Penguin dictionary of psychology (3 ed.). London: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140514513.
Ropper, Allan H.; Samuels, Martin A. (2019). Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology (11 ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. ISBN 9780071842624.
Braunwald, Eugene (2005). "Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases". Harrison's principles of internal medicine (16 ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780071391405.