{"id":68615,"date":"2025-11-14T08:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/bradykinesia\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:43:36","slug":"bradykinesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/bradykinesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradykinesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>slowing movements, which is a key symptom of several neurological diseases, especially Parkinson&#8217;s disease. It involves a gradual decrease in the speed and amplitude of voluntary movements, making it difficult to start, perform, or complete tasks. Bradykinesia can manifest itself in a variety of ways, including slow walking, difficulty with fine motor skills (such as buttoning or writing), and decreased facial expressions (often resulting in a &#8220;mask-like&#8221; appearance). The condition is thought to be caused by dysfunction of the basal ganglia, a group of structures involved in motor control. Treatment usually includes medications such as dopamine or levodopa agonists, as well as physical therapy to improve movement and maintain mobility.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>slowing movements, which is a key symptom of several neurological diseases, especially Parkinson&#8217;s disease. It involves a gradual decrease in the speed and amplitude of voluntary movements, making it difficult to start, perform, or complete tasks. Bradykinesia can manifest itself in a variety of ways, including slow walking, difficulty with fine motor skills (such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-key-psychological-concepts-in-clinical-neuropsychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}