Dysdiadochokinesia (DDK) is the medical term for an impaired ability to perform rapid, alternating movements (i.e., diadochokinesia). Complete inability is called adiadochokinesia. The term is from Greek δυςdys "bad", διάδοχοςdiadochos "working in turn", κίνησιςkinesis "movement".[1]
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