The effect of tranquilizing agents on diadochokinetic movement in a senile psychotic population
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description: Statement of the problem. The present study was designed to answer the question: What is the effect of tranquilizers, specifically phenothiazines , on diadochokinetic movement in a geriatric population? It was hypothesized that patients exhibiting overt effects of long term phenothiazine therapy (dyskinesia ) would show a reduced rate of diadochokinetic movement when compared with an age-matched group exhibiting no such symptoms and with no history of having taken tranquilizers . Furthermore, if this diadochokinetic movement were reduced, there would be a greater incidence of defective speech in this patient group .
abstract: Statement of the problem. The present study was designed to answer the question: What is the effect of tranquilizers, specifically phenothiazines , on diadochokinetic movement in a geriatric population? It was hypothesized that patients exhibiting overt effects of long term phenothiazine therapy (dyskinesia ) would show a reduced rate of diadochokinetic movement when compared with an age-matched group exhibiting no such symptoms and with no history of having taken tranquilizers . Furthermore, if this diadochokinetic movement were reduced, there would be a greater incidence of defective speech in this patient group .
author: Terzo, Sam Larry
keywords: Articulation disorders, Tranquilizing drugs, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Medicine and Health Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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date published: 1968-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:37:34Z
provider: University of the Pacific
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of the Pacific