Complete or almost complete loss of movement.
It may be a result of damage to part of the brain due, for example, to a stroke or Parkinson’s disease.
Loss or impairment of voluntary movement, or immobility. It is characteristically seen in PARKINSONISM.
n. a loss of normal muscular tonicity or responsiveness. Akinetic rigid syndrome is used to describe such conditions as *parkinsonism and *progressive supranuclear palsy. In akinetic epilepsy there is a sudden loss of muscular tonicity, making the patient fall with momentary loss of consciousness. Akinetic mutism is a state of complete physical unresponsiveness although the patient’s eyes remain open and appear to follow movements. It is a consequence of damage to the *brainstem area of the brain. —akinetic adj.
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