Dysdiadochokinesia is the medical term for an inability to perform rapid, alternating movements. The term symptom (from the Greek syn = con/plus and pipto = fall, together meaning co-exist) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: A symptom can be a physical condition which shows that one has a particular illness or disorder (see e. ... The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ...

It is a feature of cerebellar ataxia. Ataxia (from Greek ataxiā, meaning failure to put in order) is unsteady and clumsy motion of the limbs or trunk due to a failure of the fine coordination of muscle movements. ...

It is commonly demonstrated by asking the patient to tap the palm of one hand with the fingers of the other, then rapidly turn over the fingers and tap the palm with the back of them, repeatedly.

A simpler method is to ask the patient to demonstrate the movement of trying a door knob or screwing in a lightbulb.

It can also be called dysdiadochokinesis.

Neurologists sometimes abbreviate it as DDK. Neurology is the branch of medicine dealing with the nervous system and its disorders. ...

The term comes from the Greek dys (bad, abnormal) + dia (across) + docho (take, receive) + kinesia (movement).