noun
definition
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
Examples of hemiplegia in a Sentence
Joshua is a 15 year-old boy who has hemiplegia.
If, however, your child has congenital hemiplegia your risk is slightly increased although it is still extremely unlikely to occur again.
Generally, injury to the left side of the brain will cause a right hemiplegia and injury to the right side a left hemiplegia.
We talk about a right or left hemiplegia depending on the side affected.
Case 8 A 24 year old with sudden hemiplegia This 24 year old female collapsed suddenly while playing squash.
International experts in various aspects of childhood hemiplegia each contribute a chapter.
For instance, affected muscles in one limb is monoplegia, both arms or both legs is diplegia, both limbs on one side of the body is hemiplegia, and in all four limbs is quadriplegia.
Patients with these disorders may have problems with thinking clearly, have difficulty walking normally, or develop paralysis on one side of the body (hemiplegia).
If the delay occurs mainly in one developmental area, the child may have hemiplegia, a brachial plexus injury, such as Erb's or Klumple's palsy, or a broken clavicle.
On transfer there he had a right hemiplegia (upper limb lower limb ).