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Paresis
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paresis [pə′rē·səs]
(medicine)
A slight paralysis.
Incomplete loss of muscular power.
Weakness of a limb.
Paresis 

attenuation of voluntary movements; their complete loss is termed paralysis. Paresis and paralysis, which are caused by the same factors, are the motor disorders most frequently encountered in clinical practice.
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performing a functional-cognitive task such as sorting objects while using the paretic upper extremity vs.
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At the same time as performing these exercises, they were also asked to try and do the same movements with their obscured paretic hand.
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The center of pressure (CP) can be displaced anteriorly in the paretic leg because of anteroposterior muscle imbalance in the ankle joint (equinus foot).
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