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Thanks for all your suggestions everyone. I have had a number of run-ins with neurologists is the past, and wish to provide the new ones with a concise but accurate description of my father's current state, before we meet. Hence my wanting to talk to them at their level. My father has three very clear symptoms which are on the whole indicative of how he is on any given day, and are most important in terms of his quality of life; (i) being his cognition, including short term memory, intellectual interaction and lack or presence of hallucinations (ii) being ambulation, which is his ability to turn when walking (iii) being the freezing, where he simply stops and cannot take that next step. All other physical symptoms are secondary to my father's quality of life, so I want the neuro to focus on thea bove which in any event probably follow the same pathways as the secondaries, so anything that helps (ii) and (iii) will probably help the other symptoms. It seems to me that "freezing" and "ambulation" are the most commonly used terms, so I will proceed with these. Thanks again Robert -----Original Message----- From: Elouise Ryder <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, Jan 26, 2010 4:59 am Subject: Re: Parkinsons's Terminology Hi, Robert - I think postural instability might be the answer. Elouise Robert Ravel wrote: > Folks, > > > > My father is 78 years old, suffers from Parkinsons symptoms and is refractory to LDopa. > > > I will be seeing two new neurologists in about 3 weeks time in my efforts to get some help for my father. > > > One of the neurologists will look at my father in terms of whether botox injections will help, but I will ask both for any pharmacological interventions they could suggest. > > > I am trying to write a complete brief on my father's condition, and wish to refer to a symptom where my father's feet frequently freeze (or they act like they are glued to the ground) when he tries to take a step. > > > I would like to use the medical term for this, but I can't seem to find it. > > > Can anyone suggest what this symptom is referred to in medical terms? > > > Thank you > > > Robert > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4804 (20100125) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4805 (20100125) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn