Abasia

Abasia (from Greek: a-, without and basis, step) is the inability to walk due to impaired muscle 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

Paul Oscar Blocq
aboulia

Translation

The word "Abasia" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Galician, Italian, Finnish, Tagalog.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Абазия, German: Abasie, Estonian: Abaasia, Spanish: Abasia (medicina), Esperanto: Abazio, French: Abasie, Lithuanian: Abazija, Dutch: Abasie, Polish: Abazja, Romanian: Abazie, Russian: Абазия, Albanian: Abazia, Slovak: Abázia, Swedish: Abasi, Ukrainian: Абазія.