Diadokinesis
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Diadokinesis refers to the ability to perform alternating movements in rapid succession, such as pronation and supination of the forearm. The article discusses this neurological function, its classic examination method proposed by Babinski, and notes the great diagnostic significance of its impairment, known as adiadochokinesis.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
DIADOKINESIS (from the Greek diadochos meaning succeeding one another and kinesis meaning movement), the ability to perform in rapid succession various alternative movements (supination and pronation of the forearm, flexion and extension of the forearm or hand, compression and decompression of the hand, etc.). The classical method of investigation, proposed by Babinski, is pronation and supination of the forearm. The disorder of diadokinesis, the so-called adiadochokinesis (see), has a very great diagnostic significance.
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“Diadokinesis.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/diadokinesis/