motor function

collocation in English

meaningsofmotorandfunction

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motor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tər/
us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a device that changes electricity or fuel into movement and makes a ...
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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofmotorandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All of the children who developed psychiatric conditions had developmental lags ofmotorfunctionand what she called poor integration of visual - proprioceptive stimuli.
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These changes were accompanied by significant indications of behavioral maturation in areas such asmotorfunction, attention, and self-regulation.
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Significant loss ofmotorfunctionis unusual during the course of a migraine attack.
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An initial assessment is made of sensory andmotorfunctionof the swallowing mechanisms, airways protection, phonation, volitional cough and the cough reflex.
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Moreover, there may be demonstrable plastic changes without corresponding recovery ofmotorfunction.
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Unfortunately in severe psychosis, management may be a compromise between mental stability and poorermotorfunction.
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In general, the infant'smotorfunctionshould be observed at least three months for spontaneous recovery prior to surgical repair.
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Clearly,motorfunction, cognitive capacities, and behavior are intertwined and difficult to separate out.
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Walking requires proprioceptive, visual and vestibular afferent information in addition to normalmotorfunction.
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Tolcapone improvesmotorfunctionin parkinsonian patients with the "wearing-off" phenomenon: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial.
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The specific domains impacted were attention, metal flexibility, speed of information processing, visual memory, andmotorfunction.
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Heterozygotes have an early\\mid-onset phenotype characterized by progressive loss ofmotorfunctionin the hind limbs, with vacuolation of the lower motor neurons.
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Unfortunately, the end-result of management is usually a compromise between mental stability and poorermotorfunction.
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Participants completed measures of intelligence,motorfunction, attention, memory span, verbal fluency, immediate and delayed verbal memory, and working memory.
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Impairment ofmotorfunctiongenerally presents as weakness and, similarly to sensory deficits, progresses in a distal to proximal manner.
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Improvedmotorfunctionand diminished "off" time was observed with both zonisamide dosage groups (50 mg and 100 mg) compared to placebo.
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Cesarean section before the onset of labor and subsequentmotorfunctionin infants with meningomyelocele diagnosed antenatally.
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