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Synonyms for motor

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Synonyms for motor

to run and control (a motor vehicle)

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Synonyms for motor

machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

a nonspecific agent that imparts motion

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travel or be transported in a vehicle

conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

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causing or able to cause motion

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Motion analysis in delirium: a discrete approach in determining physical activity for the purpose of delirium motoric subtyping.
According to the gained results, future studies should examine the genetics, living environment, geographic region, cultural specifics, socioeconomic status, different eating habits, as well as the impact of different curricula for physical education on motoric abilities.
The majority of patients in the sample showed features of decreased motor activity, with extreme negativism or mutism documented in 38 (90.47%) individuals and motoric immobility, including catalepsy or stupor, identified in 36 (85.71%) individuals (Figure 4).
The main motoric symptoms are resting tremor, muscle rigidity, and slowed movement (bradykinesia).
Secondly, sensory-motor mimetics pay attention to the sensory-motor processes that can be found in nature for enabling technical solutions for perceptual and motoric tasks.
Dittus et al., "Delirium and its motoric subtypes: a study of 614 critically ill patients," Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol.
The used oddball paradigm incorporates a motoric response, which is reflected in prestimulus (readiness potential and negative slope potential) and poststimulus ERP components (motoric potential followed by reafferent sensory response); for review, see [30].
Positive motoric findings, such as dystonic posturing, waxy flexibility, and stereotyped movements, are seen more commonly in malignant catatonia than NMS [16].
For example, in a study investigating degree of motor and cognitive components, researchers found those engaged in a predominantly motoric task with less cognitive demand to benefit most from physical practice, while physical and mental practice were equally beneficial in a less motoric task with greater cognitive demand (Ryan & Simons, 1981).
Since the anaerobic performance is one of the basic motoric abilities, many studies have investigated the effects of caffeine on anaerobic performance.
(4) Parkinson's disease is the closest motoric analog to PSP, as they share the spectrum of effects of generalized bradykinesia.
In patient 16, atypical Guillain-Barre syndrome initially was diagnosed; however, this diagnosis was later discarded because the electromyography results indicated motoric axon or anterior horn cell disease, and the clinical picture and MRI results were in favor of AFM (13).