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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

síndrome de inmovilidad

English translation:

mobility loss/loss of mobility/problems with mobility

Added to glossary by liz askew
Feb 10, 2018 15:23
6 yrs ago
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Spanish term

síndrome de inmovilidad

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) Alzheimer\'s disease
Hi to all you Kudozers out there!

Spanish Spanish for UK English, if that's relevant.

This is taken from a mongraph written primarily for patients or the general public about Alzheimer's disease (AD).
The phrase is taken from a section explain the chronic complications associated with AD.

I've seen that "immobility syndrome" exists (a few thousand hits), but as an ICD code which seems to refer to "paraplegic immobility syndrome", i.e., damage to the spinal cord rather than resulting from Alzheimer's, a neurodegenerative disease affecting the brain. Other occurrences of "immobility syndrome" appear to be from non-native authors.

Is there an equivalent in English?

"En fases severas, la principal complicación es la inmovilidad y sus complicaciones asociadas (síndrome de inmovilidad)."

TIA
Proposed translations (English)
4 mobility loss/loss of mobility/problems with mobility
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Feb 23, 2018 21:07: liz askew Created KOG entry

Discussion

Neil Ashby (asker) Feb 11, 2018:
By the way There are these two entries in Kudoz
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/medical_hea...
However, the answer selected "immobility syndrome" is taken from crowdsourcing translation so I don't trust it very much.

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_german/medical_general...

I can't judge this one because my German doesn't extend beyond 1 hour/week for a year when I was 13. :@)
Neil Ashby (asker) Feb 11, 2018:
Thank you all for your input.
I think it seems clear that "immobility syndrome" does not fit in my case. I found the same as you Phil, in association with Alzheimer's the term is nearly always in Spanish or Portuguese translations.
I think Liz' solution is a good get out that avoids repeating "immobility"; I'll probably use "loss of mobility" or just omit it and add a note.
Cheers all!
lorenab23 Feb 11, 2018:
o.k. just one more :-) Original interest in a deconditioning syndrome was prompted primarily by two things. First, as part of the practice of medicine at one time, bed rest was often a prescribed treatment. However, physicians began to realize a multitude of adverse consequences secondary to this imposed immobility. Second, as the space program evolved, astronauts spent longer periods of time in a weightless environment, stimulating further interest on the affects of immobilization
https://clinicalgate.com/deconditioning/
lorenab23 Feb 11, 2018:
See hazards of immobility
complications that are associated with a limited or absolute lack of movement by the patient; various members of the health care team may collaborate to assist the patient in avoiding these problems. See accompanying table, and see also disuse syndrome.
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hazards of ...
lorenab23 Feb 11, 2018:
síndrome de inmovilidad también llamado de desacondicionamiento o síndrome por desuso. www.buenastareas.com/ensayos/Sindrome-De-Inmovilidad-y-Desa...
The way I read the sentence provided is that this particular syndrome is a complication of immobility "sus complicaciones asociadas (síndrome de inmovilidad)" but, in my humble opinion, immobility is not exclusive to Alzheimer's.
Negative Effects of Immobilization-Deconditioning Syndrome
https://backtochiropractic.net/PDF/Deconditioning Syndrome -...
Anne Schulz Feb 10, 2018:
AFAIK, there is no English equivalent. <br />Given the versatile definition of syndrome, and given the inflationary use of the label 'syndrome' for any condition with its typical set of signs and symptoms, you may call the complications of immobility an "immobility syndrome", but it is not (yet) an established term.
Marie Wilson Feb 10, 2018:
Or maybe complete loss of mobility. That is mentioned a lot in articles on Alzheimer's. For example, the main complication is a lack of mobility which can progress to a complete loss of mobility.
philgoddard Feb 10, 2018:
It's interesting that all the hits for "immobility syndrome" in an Alzheimer's context seem to be translations from Spanish or Portuguese, suggesting that in those cultures it is regarded as a syndrome. Depending on what the translation is for, you could either say syndrome, or just say immobility.

Proposed translations

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mobility loss/loss of mobility/problems with mobility

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/info/20073/how_dementia_progre...

https://www.health.harvard.edu/.../two-questions-can-reveal-...
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19 Sep 2013 - Loss of mobility, which is common among older adults, has profound social, psychological, and physical consequences. “If you're unable to get out then you can't go shopping, you can't go out with your friends to eat dinner or go to the movies, and you become dependent on other people to get you places.

Elizabeth C. Brawley - 1997 - ‎Architecture
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, the most common chronic diseases, slowly robus of our most valuable possessions—our minds and our memories. ... The normal aging process produces sensory losses, visual impairment, and hearing loss, as well as mobility loss with decreased muscle strength and reflex ...


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By 2050, it is expected that there will be 135.5 million people in the world with dementia (over 2 million in the UK). So if dementia is affecting .... In the later stages of dementia, speech may be lost and severe physical problems may develop, including problems with mobility, incontinence and general frailty. This can make ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Liz, in the end I omitted and left a note to the client. Unfortunately this client never gives any feedback and so I don't think we'll evern learn their preference."

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Neil:

This is not my area at all, hence my hesitation, but what about "motor dysfunction"?

Neurologists, psychiatrists, and a rehabilitation specialist from the US cover evaluation, clinical and functional imaging, delirium, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorders, cerebrovascular disorders, brain tumors, HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system, dementias associated with **motor dysfunction**, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, psychopharmacological treatments, and cognitive rehabilitation and behavior therapy.
Clinical manual of neuropsychiatry
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/motor dysfunction

Patterns of Motor Impairment in Normal Aging, Mild Cognitive Decline ...
https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article-pdf/52B...
by A Kluger - ‎1997 - ‎Cited by 215 - ‎Related articles
normal elderly (NL), 25 cases exhibiting mild cognitive impairment (MI), and 25 patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) were examined ... AD patients also exhibited motor dysfunction on tasks assessing relatively more rudimentary motor control. ... A diagnosis of mild dementia (e.g., early AD) coincides with a GDS score ...
Note from asker:
Hi Taña, Thanks for your input, I think motor dysfunction is more along the lines of jittery, uncontrolled and/or very slow movements (it's described earlier in my text), a stage preceding all out immobility. Thanks again.
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